Zubi Labs calls on international references to reflect on the challenges of the present and future in cities

Zubi Labs is organising the first international conference, Re-thinking Cities, Challenges towards Future Cities, to be held on Friday 29th June in the Ciudad Politécnica de la Innovación.

The large increase in the world’s population in recent decades has unleashed enormous urban growth that has caused a long list of problems that put the planet and people’s quality of life at risk. Today, cities consume 75% of the world’s natural resources, produce half of the world’s waste and generate 60-80% of greenhouse gas emissions. This global problem has been the focus of public policies and actions, among them the European Union and the United Nations have established challenges and priority objectives to act in a sustainable manner and generate cities where citizens enjoy a dignified quality of life, generating shared prosperity and social stability without harming the environment.

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