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efficiency targets. We will also prioritize smart-grid, district energy systems and
community energy plans to improve synergies between renewable energy and
energy efficiency.
122. We will support decentralized decision-making on waste disposal to promote
universal access to sustainable waste management systems. We will support the
promotion of extended producer-responsibility schemes that include waste
generators and producers in the financing of urban waste management systems ,
reduce the hazards and socioeconomic impacts of waste streams and increase
recycling rates through better product design.
123. We will promote the integration of food security and the nutritional needs of
urban residents, particularly the urban poor, in urban and territorial planning, in
order to end hunger and malnutrition. We will promote the coordination of
sustainable food security and agriculture policies across urban, peri-urban and rural
areas to facilitate the production, storage, transport and marketing of food to
consumers in adequate and affordable ways in order to reduce food losses and
prevent and reuse food waste. We will further promote the coordination of food
policies with energy, water, health, transport and waste policies, maintain the
genetic diversity of seeds, reduce the use of hazardous chemicals and implement
other policies in urban areas to maximize efficiencies and minimize waste.
124. We will include culture as a priority component of urban plans and strategies
in the adoption of planning instruments, including master plans, zoning guidelines,
building codes, coastal management policies and strategic development pol icies that
safeguard a diverse range of tangible and intangible cultural heritage and
landscapes, and will protect them from potential disruptive impacts of urban
development.
125. We will support the leveraging of cultural heritage for sustainable urban
development and recognize its role in stimulating participation and responsibility.
We will promote innovative and sustainable use of architectural monuments and
sites, with the intention of value creation, through respectful restoration and
adaptation. We will engage indigenous peoples and local communities in the
promotion and dissemination of knowledge of tangible and intangible cultural
heritage and protection of traditional expressions and languages, including through
the use of new technologies and techniques.
Means of implementation
126. We recognize that the implementation of the New Urban Agenda requires an
enabling environment and a wide range of means of implementation, including
access to science, technology and innovation and enhanced knowled ge-sharing on
mutually agreed terms, as well as capacity development and mobilization of
financial resources, taking into account the commitment of developed and
developing countries and tapping into all available traditional and innovative
sources at the global, regional, national, subnational and local levels, as well as
enhanced international cooperation and partnerships among Governments at all
levels, the private sector, civil society, the United Nations system and other actors,
based on the principles of equality, non-discrimination, accountability, respect for
human rights and solidarity, especially for those who are the poorest and most
vulnerable.
127. We reaffirm the commitments on means of implementation included in the
2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and the Addis Ababa Action Agenda.
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