#UFGC20 (Urban Future Global Conference 2020) Kicks off in Lisbon

Duncan Crowley
Nov 3 · 1 min read

The Urban Future Global Conference is one of the world’s biggest forums on #SustainableCities, it will happen in #Lisbon April 1–3 2020, when Lisbon will be Europe’s #ECGA2020 “Green Capital”.

Last night the inspiring #UFGC20 process kicked-off in Lisbon with 3 great presentations from 3 women #CityChangers; Clara Muzzio from Buenos Aires; Ellen de Vibe from Oslo and Maria Vassilakou from Vienna. Between the showed Lisbon what is possible and spoke of #righttothecity, deep local democracy, #JaneJacobs, wild urban areas & municipal participation.

Buenos Aires shows us how to get rid of the cars and make spaces for our grandkids

In finishing, Lisbon’s mayor Fernando Medina stated the cities commitment to supporting a growing green movement of #CityChangers. We hope our Urbana project can also assist in this process to create #SustainableJustCities.

See you at #UFGC20

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