PERSPEKTIVE CLIMATE CHANGE, ENERGY, ENVIRONMENT MANAGING URBANISATION - a global and just approach Clara Brandi November 2021 By 2050, an estimated two­thirds of the global population will be living in towns or cities. As a result, cities have a vital role to play in achieving sus­tainable transformation and implementing the Paris Agree­ment and the 2030 Agenda. The UN’s New Urban Agenda and the EU’s Pact of Amsterdam provide some initial approaches for ensuring sustainable urbani­sation processes, yet fail to include a transformative per­spective. Sustainable urban transformation needs technical, institutional, financial and political support as well as strong, democratic urban governance.