The sustainable development goals emphasize the need for multi-level governance to stimulate actions across many levels and involving actors from multiple sectors. Cities and human settlements are critical sites for implementation of these universal objectives, indicating the need for local action that serves global and local interests. This paper reviews recent literature on this theme, illustrating challenges and opportunities influencing local action, with particular focus on municipalities. The partial implementation and limited evaluation of previous initiatives such as Local Agenda 21 are highlighted, suggesting past experiences offer insights into how the SDGs may be implemented. The review suggests research may support municipal action by illustrating how and in what ways municipalities can integrate the SDGs in strategy, policy and practice.

可持续发展目标强调需要进行多层次的治理，以激发多层次的行动，并使来自多个部门的行为者参与进来。城市和人类住区是实现这些普遍目标的关键地点，表明需要为全球和当地利益服务的地方行动。本文回顾了有关该主题的最新文献，阐述了影响地方行动的挑战和机遇，特别是市政当局。着重强调了对诸如《 21世纪议程》之类的先前倡议的部分实施和有限评估，这表明过去的经验为如何实现可持续发展目标提供了见识。该评论认为，研究可以通过说明市政当局如何以及以何种方式将可持续发展目标纳入战略中来支持市政行动，