cities are also key to finding solutions for new and emerging challenges which the world is facing from stemming the rise of plastic waste in our oceans to the introduction of new technologies as part of the fourth industrial revolution the nua addresses more specifically the means and approaches on how cities need to be planned designed managed governed and financed to achieve sustainable development goals focusing on the three transformative commitments social inclusion and ending poverty sustainable and inclusive urban prosperity and opportunities for all and environmentally sustainable and resilient urban development cities of the unesco creative cities network currently have cities across countries that are committed to the implementation of the agenda and the new urban agenda integrating culture and creativity across a number of their goals and targets it is worth noting that the nua does not have a standalone framework for monitoring the targets but serves as a framework for the means of implementation for global agendas in cities therefore it relies heavily on the urban monitoring systems that are already in place such as the sdgs monitoring framework and the comprehensive city prosperity initiative cpi tools developed by unhabitat