While the United Nations has been continuously urging architects, engineers, and city shapers to put the 2030 agenda and the SDGs into action, and
the IPCC report revealed intensifying climate change, sparking widespread discussion over insufficient action, the
83rd ongoing session of The United Nations Economic Commission for Europe - UNECE Committee on Urban Development, Housing and Land Management taking place in San Marino, has just issued a special declaration on “how to build better, safer, more inclusive, and resilient" cities, ahead of
COP27. This set of “Principles for Sustainable and Inclusive
Urban Design and Architecture”, or the San Marino declaration has gathered the signatures of
Norman Foster and Stefano Boeri.