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Expo City Dubai's blueprint for sustainable living

The human touch

A sustainable city is an inclusive city

SMEs have the climate solutions, but they need support

Planning for a more sustainable town

We need to reengineer our urban typologies

Let’s engage people in what they are expert in: their community

Let's add relational expertise to our sustainability toolkit

Sustainability is about the human aspect too

Introducing Sustainable Cities in Action Forum 2024 

Sustainable Cities in Action: Mitigation for a changing climate

Why are sustainable cities so important to our future?

Our three priorities for urban resilience

Sustainable Cities in Action 2024: The heat resilience question

Sustainable Cities in Action: Adaptation for a changing climate

Data match

The power of two

Green Streets

Building in harmony with our planet

It's all in the balance

It takes a city

Every second counts

Reimagining how we live and what we leave behind

Women on the frontlines of climate action

Repairing and restoring our planet

 Protecting our most precious resource 

Building a more inclusive world 

Stories of Nations | for Opportunity, Sustainability, Mobility

Accelerating action towards the Global Goals

Creating a healthier, happier world

Creating a global classroom for our fast-changing world

Sustainably exploring new frontiers

Views of the Blue Marble

The good ancestor test

“It’s important to prepare women to be leaders much earlier on"

“Let’s get people excited about space”

“We must rewild the world and reforest our conscience”

Rocket science

Bringing everyone into the global agenda

Day 1 at Sustainable Cities in Action Forum 2024

Workshops | Day 1 of the Sustainable Cities in Action Forum 2024

Day 2 at the Sustainable Cities in Action Forum 2024

Workshops | Day 2 of the Sustainable Cities in Action Forum 2024

SMEs have the climate solutions

Localising the sustainability conversation

Engaging people in their areas of expertise

Video | Expo City Dubai, a city in action

Video | Launch of the UAE Built Environment Blueprint

Video | The Living City: Monocle Live Podcast

Video | Urban pressures across the MEASA region

Video | Sustainable Placemaking: Monocle Radio

Video | How to build equitable and inclusive cities

Programme for People and Planet Outcomes

Expo 2020 Theme Week Insights: Urban & Rural Development

Expo 2020 Theme Week Insights: Climate & Biodiversity

Expo 2020 Theme Week Insights: Water

Expo 2020 Theme Week Insights: Global Goals

Expo 2020 Theme Week Insights: Food, Agriculture and Livelihoods

Expo 2020 Theme Week Insights: Health and Wellness

Video | How to design a city for people and the planet

Expo 2020 Theme Week Insights: Space

Expo 2020 Theme Week Insights: Knowledge & Learning

Expo 2020 Theme Week Insights: Tolerance & Inclusivity

Expo 2020 Theme Week Insights: Travel & Connectivity

Declaration for People and Planet

People and Planet Podcast

Global Best Practice Programme Guide

Expo Live Impact Report

World Majlis: The Essays

Conversations on People and Planet

The Declaration for People and Planet

Leading by example

Learn how to scale up innovative solutions through this collection of some of the most outstanding examples from our Global Best Practice Programme 

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Global Best Practice Programme

GLOBAL BEST PRACTICE PROGRAMME GUIDE