The World Urban Forum (WUF) is the premier global conference on sustainable urbanization. WUF11 will be held in the Polish city of Katowice from 26-30 June 2022.
The theme of WUF11, Transforming our Cities for a Better Urban Future, will provide greater insights and clarity on the future of cities based on existing trends, challenges and opportunities, as well as suggest ways cities can be better prepared to address future pandemics and a wide range of other shocks. This will be the first time that the WUF, convened by the United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-Habitat), will take place in Eastern Europe.
IUCN will be represented at the WUF by Regional Councillor Maud Lelievre, EU Programme Officer for Nature-based Solutions Susanna Gionfra and several representatives of the IUCN French National Committee.
Find us at these events:
- Cities and Biodiversity side event, 09h00-09h45 on 29 June, at the French Pavilion of the Urban Expo.
- Territorial and Urban-Rural Governance: Key Tools for Biodiversity Preservation, 10h45-12h15 on 29 June, in Multifunctional Hall: One UN Room.
- Multidimensional Sustainability Assessment of Cities and Regions in Europe, 14h30-16h00 on 29 June, in Multifunction Hall Room 19.
- Nature-based solutions for sustainable urban development, 09h00-10h30, 30 June, in the ICC Voices from Cities Room A.
The WUF was established in 2001 by the United Nations to examine one of the most pressing issues facing the world today: rapid urbanisation and its impact on communities, cities, economies, climate change and policies. The first WUF was held in Nairobi, Kenya in 2002 and has been held around the world ever since.
Representatives of national, regional and local governments, academics, business people, community leaders, urban planners will be among the thousands of people expected to attend WUF11 which is co-organized by Poland’s Ministry of Development Funds and Regional Policy and the Municipal Office of Katowice.