State of Green

Urban planning and development

Buildings

Circular value chains

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21 June 2023

White paper: Urban green transition

Transforming our cities for a new reality.

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Join us on a journey through the urban green transition, where we demonstrate why holistic and strategic city planning and development within mobility and infrastructure, climate adaptation, and environmentally conscious architecture and construction must take centre stage in the transformed cities of tomorrow. As urban challenges line up, we focus on identifying and sharing inspirational solutions and insightful know-how for city stakeholders worldwide to evaluate in the search for effective ways to fundamentally improve the cities we call home.

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