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Nature-Positive Cities

Cities are growing, ever-changing, and at risk. Nearly half of GDP in cities around the world is at risk due to nature loss, and accumulating produced capital at the expense of nature must be reversed if we want our cities to thrive. Embedded within the World Economic Forum Centre for Nature and Climate and Centre for Urban Transformation, this initiative was created to design and plan for a nature-positive urban development and expansion.

Cities are growing, ever-changing, and at risk. Nearly half of GDP in cities around the world is at risk due to nature loss, and accumulating produced capital at the expense of nature must be reversed if we want our cities to thrive.


Embedded within the World Economic Forum Centre for Nature and Climate and Centre for Urban Transformation, this initiative was created to design and plan for a nature-positive urban development and expansion.

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