Overview
The seventeen (17) United Nations Sustainable Development Goals
(SDGs) adopted in 2015 has 'sustainable cities and
communities' as SDG No. 11. African Agenda 2063, is an
initiative which is broader than SDGs in both scope and timeframe,
given that it incorporates sustainability in addition to social and
economic considerations over a period of fifty (50) years up to
2063 compared to 2030 for the SDGs. As a country, Zimbabwe
conducted a review in December 2020 to evaluate progress and
challenges towards the attainment of SDGs by 2030, a timeline which
aligns to Vision 2030 which is being pursued under five (5) year
National Development Strategy (NDS) I and II. As the world prepare
to gather in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) for the 28th
Conference of the Parties (COP) of the United Nations Framework
Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) running for two (2) weeks
starting 30th November 2023, Environment, Social and Governance
(ESG) as well as sustainability
