Reduced Inequalities

Sustainable Development Goal 10: Reduce inequality within and among countries

Click on the case studies below to find out what programs, projects and policies are being implemented in cities around the globe to accomplish Goal 10.

Learn more about the targets and indicators of SDG 10 at UN Sustainbale Development Knowledge Platform.

Case studies

235 case studies available.

Tampere: Making heritage housing more energy efficient
Tampere, Finland

Tampere: Making heritage housing more energy ef...

Tampere supports actions to make its heritage housing more energy efficient while assisting young people to gain the technical skills needed to carry out these works.

Engaging the long term unemployed by greening public spaces and through training
Zagreb, Croatia

Engaging the long term unemployed by greening p...

Long term unemployed people work in the city’s public green spaces in exchange for education and training in fields which are in high demand in the local economy.

Pro-Poor Partnership for participatory settlement upgrading in Colombo
Colombo, Sri Lanka

Pro-Poor Partnership for participatory settleme...

This project is designed to support (national) government efforts to institutionalise participatory urban governance approaches and to assist selected municipal councils.

Gothenburg’s entrepreneurial hub
Award
Gothenburg, Sweden

Gothenburg’s entrepreneurial hub

Entrepreneurial West Hisingen aims at developing entrepreneurial capacity in a multicultural district with high unemployment and low aspirations.

Material recovery Facility at the New Delhi Railway Station
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New Delhi - NIUA, India

Material recovery Facility at the New Delhi Rai...

The Chintan recycling project at the New Delhi Railway Station manages tons of unsorted garbage every day and enables waste-pickers to carry out their livelihoods in a clean and dignified work environment.

GOONJ
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New Delhi - NIUA, India

GOONJ

GOONJ is an NGO working on issues of urban waste and social distribution. It believes in utilizing vast quantities of untapped old and waste material in middle class households and re-using it to create second-hand products.

The Edinburgh Guarantee
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Edinburgh, United Kingdom

The Edinburgh Guarantee

Edinburgh has inspired cultural change across the public, private and third sectors to address unemployment among school leavers. A shared vision and strong partnerships are helping them find a job, modern apprenticeship or training, and make successful transitions into the world of work.

 Slum Electrification Program
Ahmedabad, India

Slum Electrification Program

A programme to connect 200,000 poor households to the public electricity grid.

Gijon’s Citizen Card
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Gijon, Spain

Gijon’s Citizen Card

A single card, Gijon’s Citizen Card, allows Gijon's citizens to pay their bus fare, hire a bike and take out a library book. Today, 250,000 of Gijon’s citizens – 80% of the city’s population - carry this card, unlocking services and facilities across the city.