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Better Cities May 2025
Better Cities, a monthly e-newsletter, updates friends and partners about the Centre’s work. The newsletter reaches an international audience of readers from government, media, academia, private sector and non-governmental organisations
Last updated 30 May 2025
Better Cities | May 2025
World Cities Summit 2024 Conference Report
The World Cities Summit (WCS) 2024 Conference Report is out now!
The ninth edition of the World Cities Summit, held from 2 - 4 June 2024, focused on what is needed for cities to evolve and adapt to the stresses of our time with the theme “Liveable and Sustainable Cities: Rejuvenate, Reinvent, Reimagine”. Beyond dialogues and discussion, WCS 2024 reinforced its role as a global platform shaping the policies and strategies of tomorrow’s cities. Catch up on the learnings across the full WCS 2024 programme.
CLC Regenerative City Forum Series - Urban Futures Reimagined
Join us at CLC’s Regenerative City Forum series taking place on 25 June 2025 as part of London Climate Action Week (LCAW)! Together with our partners C40 and Arup, the second in the series of Forums will continue building momentum for the transformation of regenerative cities globally.
Titled Urban Futures Reimagined: A Mayoral Exchange on Regenerative Cities, the Forum will feature Mayors from C40 cities in a dynamic discussion on how urban planning is driving ambitious climate action around the world. It will provide an opportunity for speakers to reflect on how CLC’s emerging Regenerative Cities Framework, in alignment with C40’s forthcoming Urban Planning Accelerator, can advance the transition to net-zero, nature-positive and socially inclusive cities.
Register for the forum now!
Lecture Report: Thriving in a Climate-changed Future: Regenerative Design for High-Density Cities
This lecture held in March focused on how cities apply regenerative design in urban development. The session opened with remarks by CLC’s Executive Director Hugh Lim, and a keynote address from Professor Cheong Koon Hean, Chair, CLC Advisory Panel and Chair, Lee Kuan Yew Centre for Innovative Cities, Singapore University of Technology and Design. Panellists Fred Holt, 3XN, Mun Summ Wong, Founding Director, WOHA Architects, and Professor (Practice), National University of Singapore, and moderator Chintan Raveshia , Director, Arup, rounded off the lecture by discussing how regenerative principles could be applied at different urban scales and key role that governance and policy can play.
This lecture is part of the CLC’s Regenerative City Forum series, which also included a multi-sectoral workshop on benefits from a regenerative approach, with close to 70 participants from public agencies, industry and academia.
Urban Transformation Lessons from Ho Chi Minh City, Bilbao, and Madrid
In an era shaped by rapid urbanisation, climate pressure, and social transformation, cities like Ho Chi Minh City, Bilbao, and Madrid illustrate how context-sensitive strategies can rejuvenate infrastructure and promote sustainable development. Read more about their urban transformation approaches through the lens of Adib Jalal, who is a part of the Research Team at CLC.
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AI and Data Innovations For Sustainability and Infrastructure Conference, 1 - 3 April 2025
CLC’s Dr Limin Hee presented on the topic of “AI and Data Innovations for Liveable Cities” at the AI and Data Innovations For Sustainability and Infrastructure Conference. Held in Singapore, the conference highlighted the importance of AI and data in creating liveable urban environments, with an emphasis on innovation and collaborations to drive sustainable solutions.
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Liveability Framework: Part 9 – Case Studies from Cities Around the World
CLC launched the refreshed Liveability Framework (LF) at the World Cities Summit in June 2024. This is the ninth of a 10-part series on the LF that showcases its various components through bite-sized articles.
While the LF had been developed based on Singapore’s urban development experience, many other cities have also demonstrated the outcomes and system principles outlined in the LF. Delve into the innovative urban solutions from case studies featuring four Lee Kuan Yew World City Prize Laureate Cities – Medellín, Seoul, Vienna and Mexico City.
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Download the full e-publication here
WCS Mayors Forum 2025, Vienna
The 14th Mayors Forum of the World Cities Summit is about a month away! To be held from 2 - 4 July 2025 in the City of Vienna, 2020 Lee Kuan Yew World City Prize Laureate City, this by-invitation global platform gathers mayors and city leaders to discuss pressing urban challenges and share their cities best practices.
Find out more about the site visits and the full conference information booklet on our website now!
Urban Solutions #25 | Financing Climate-Resilient Nature-Based Solutions
David Craig, Co-Chair of the Taskforce on Nature-related Financial Disclosures (TNFD), and Esther An, Chief Sustainability Officer at City Developments Limited (CDL) and a TNFD Taskforce Member, share their perspectives on the importance of recognising the dialectical relationship between nature and finance.
Source: City Developments Limited
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Urban Solutions #25 | Building Climate-Resilient Cities: How Virtual Twins Can Empower Urban Leaders
Hear from Jaques Beltran, Vice President, Global Head of Cities and Public Services, Dassault Systèmes, on how city leaders can make data-driven decisions by leveraging technological advancements such as the Virtual Twin.
Source: Dassault Systèmes
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