"Over a year ago, the New Urban Agenda (NUA) was adopted at the Habitat III conference in Quito, with the objective to guide urbanization, lay the groundwork for policies and approaches, and lead actions of a wide range of actors — nation states, city and regional leaders, international development funders, United Nations programs and civil society — for the next 20 years. The NUA sought to move beyond issues of precarious housing and poor infrastructure that were prominent in the 1996 Habitat Agenda. Instead, it would draw attention to urban issues that affects cities all over the world, in lowincome, middle-income, and high-income countries; issues including air pollution, energy efficient production and construction, public and private spaces, gender equality, and encompassing broader discussions such as the right to the city. The NUA was drafted under very different circumstances, it followed the euphoria of COP21 climate discussions in Paris, and the adoption of the Sustainable Development Goals in the tail end of 2015. It was therefore perceived as the third axis within a New Global Agenda, one that “localizes” the SDGs and climate agreements, through the creation of a tool box of action items for countries and cities on how to achieve the global goals."