Hi, My name is Chutikan Monaiyakool, You can call me Sydney. I’m 8 years old from Thailand. I live in Chonburi. My favourite place is Bangsan beach and Khao Kheow Open Zoo. I would like to make my city and the world safe and sustainable. I created the project called “PINK PANDA” Hello friends today. We’re going to talk some more about the sustainable development goals. We’re on the 11th one now sustainable cities and communities. Let’s jump right in. As you might already know sustainability means meeting people’s needs today in the way that allow people in the future to also meet their needs it means that we need to grow the economy without hurting the environment. So, what does sustainable cities and communities mean. It means cities and communities that give their people a good quality of life but do not put the environment at risk. Sustainable cities protect the rights of their people such as the right to housing access to green spaces, quality public transportation and protecting cultural heritage to name a few. Our world is becoming more and more urbanized. Today more than half of the population lives in cities and 70% of planet’s harmful carbon emissions come from cities. For this reason, the United Nations believes it is a key sustainable development objective for communities and cities to be more respectful of environment. It’s very important to take care of the planet we live on. Rapid urbanization causes millions of people to live in neighborhoods with weak infrastructure and inadequate services. This increases air pollution and leads to uncontrolled urban growth. Although cities occupy only 3% of the earth, they represent between 60 and 80% of energy consumption. That’s a lot don’t you think. Countries need to provide access to adequate safe housing with basic services for all people housing needs to be in places with good transportation systems and must adapt to the needs of the most vulnerable people.