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Better Cities | Jul 2024

Forging Partnerships for the Future

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Appointment of the WCS Knowledge Council (2024-2026)

The second iteration of the World Cities Summit (WCS) Knowledge Council was announced at WCS 2024 earlier this June.

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WCS Science of Cities Symposium – Panel 1

The Science of Cities Symposium took place on the first day of WCS 2024. Read more about the discussions around Science of Climate Adaptive Cities from the first panel of the Symposium

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CLC at the Fifth Singapore-Shanghai Comprehensive Cooperation Council (SSCCC) Meeting

CLC led a delegation to Shanghai to attend the fifth SSCCC Meeting in July 2024 and renew our Memorandum of Understanding as co-leads of the SSCCC’s Urban Governance Workgroup with Shanghai Municipal Commission of Housing, Urban Rural Development and Management (MCHURDM).

MOU at 5th SSCCC

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Urban Solutions #24 | From Cold to Warm: Helsinki’s Hot Heart and the Global Climate Innovation Challenge

Developed as part of the Helsinki Energy Challenge organised by the municipality of Helsinki to accelerate the city’s transition towards carbon-neutrality inheating by 2030, Hot Heart highlights the visionof a cleaner and greener future.

Source: CRA-Carlo Ratti Associati graphic team – Gary di Silvio, Pasquale Milieri, Gianluca Zimbardi
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Urban Solutions #24 | Overcoming Challenges to Build Resilient and Future-Ready Cities

By 2050, 70% of the human population is expectedto live in cities. The rapid pace of urbanisation posesunique challenges.

Hear from Frederick Teo, Chief Executive Officer of GenZero, and member of the CLC Advisory Panel, about collaboration across public and private sectors to make cities resilient and future-ready.

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