UNESCO's Celebration of World Cities Day

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Since 2019, World Cities Day is celebrated annually by UNESCO through its Cities Platform. Under the theme 鈥淵outh leading climate and local action for cities鈥, the 2024 celebrations invite all of us to explore the synergies between young people engagement in local action, and the development of greener and more inclusive cities.

World Cities Day 2024
Family cycling in a park

Cities have long been places people flock to. Currently, the majority of the global population lives in urban areas, and this figure is expected to grow even higher in the coming years.