At the start of the year , AIPH traveled to Expo 2023 Doha in Qatar to host the ' Living Green , Liveable Cities ' Research Symposium . This consequence bring together prominent researchers from around the globe to present their findings on the health , well - being , and community benefits of urban greening .
Organized by AIPH in collaborationism with Cities & Health and Expo 2023 Doha Qatar , the symposium introduce research under three paper that demonstrate the share of ' hold up green ' to healthy and live cities : Social and Cultural Health , Health and Wellbeing , and Environmental Health .
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The research lay out at the Symposium is being compile as a special Cities & Health daybook issue , also title ' Living Green , Liveable Cities ' to be published early in 2025 . This special issue was instigated by AIPH and Expo 2023 Doha Qatar to investigate the science and pattern plunk for the concept showcased at the Expo of create livable and healthy urban environments through metropolis greening .
Green City ConferencesArid surround present many challenges for sustainable and liveable immature cities , but the use of nature can cater solutions . AIPH returned to Expo 2023 Doha in Qatar in March for the AIPH Green City Conference . This international league explored how plants can be used to address the issues in hot , ironical environments and how this cognition can be expanded to other cities around the globe .
Prominent speakers from around the humans present on the Conference theme of ' metropolis greening solution for waterless surroundings ' , including Keynote speaker Professor David Simon , Professor of Development Geography at Royal Holloway , University of London . Watch the full conference on demand
afterward on in the class , AIPH conduce to the Green City Conference at Green is Life in Poland , Warsaw , carry alongside the AIPH Autumn Congress . The Conference ’s theme explored the synergy between the urban environment and plants .
Henrik Sjoman , Senior Researcher at the Swedish University of Agricultural Science , presented '' Dendro Futura ' – the urban trees of tomorrow and the grandness of the baby’s room deliver these trees ' . In his presentation , he highlighted the motivation to diversify the trees used in urban environment and make economic consumption of both native and non - aboriginal species .
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AIPH Green City BriefingsLaunched in May , the third serial publication of AIPH Green City Briefings provides compelling grounds and model of the power of ' living green ' to deliver multiple solutions to city challenge . Each themed webinar , featuring world - renowned expert alongside worldwide examples of good practices , links up knowledge and drill .
The serial publication so far has featured topic such as biodiversity in the metropolis , planting for grapple urban heat , inspiring light-green cities of the future , and more .
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The Briefings will continue in 2025 and will feature the Winners of the AIPH World Green City Awards 2024 . Find out more and register .
AIPH World Green City Awards 2024In September , AIPH attended the Future Green City World Congress in Utrecht , the Netherlands . With over 200 international experts and more than 1,500 participant , the conference was a vibrant platform for innovation , collaboration , and sustainable urban development . A highlight of the congress was hosting the AIPH World Green City Awards 2024 Ceremony , where the winners of the honored awards were announce .
The City of Chengdu , China , was presented the highest accolade of the contest , take home the title of ' Grand Winner ' for their pep up initiative title the " Urban Green Heart Programme . " This ground - smash initiative , which cover an country of 1,275 square kilometers , aims to transubstantiate Longquan Mountain , the future center of Chengdu City , into a world - family green space lay to become the largest urban timberland park in the world .
All the Winners , Finalists , and Certificate of Merit recipient role are featured in the AIPH Green City Case Study Collection , which showcases the details of their telling initiative .
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ISHS Greener Cities 2024 SymposiumAIPH Green City consultant Dr Francesca Boyd participated in the honored ISHS Greener Cities 2024 Symposium , confine over four day at RHS Wisley , UK . This global gather institute together contribute researchers , horticultural experts , and urban contriver to make headway sustainable urban development through the king of plants .
Dr Boyd showcased the function of AIPH ’s Green City Initiative in bridging the gap between academia and industry . As the world ’s supporter for the power of plants , this initiative promotes sustainable urban developing by emphasize the integral role of horticulture in progress a green hereafter for generations to come .
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COP16 Cali , ColombiaAIPH ’s Technical Initiatives Manager , Dr Audrey Timm , connect in the conversations at COP16 in Cali , Colombia – connecting discussions on biodiversity , urban ecosystems , and the transformative electric potential of nature - positive thriftiness .
COP16 , the sixteenth Conference of Parties to the UN Biodiversity Convention , is recognized as the world ’s most important event for conserving biodiversity . The meridian , attended by over 15,000 delegates , rivet on put through the ' 30×30 Biodiversity Goal ( KMGBF ) to protect 30 percentage of the planet ’s land and waters by 2030 .
Dr Timm presented ' instruct from Cities : People and Nature in the Urban Context " at the Biopolis Symposium , organize by the International Living Infrastructure Commission ( LINC ) . This keynote speech explore the three Finalists of the ' live Green for Biodiversity and Ecosystem Restoration ' family of the AIPH World Green City Awards 2024 .
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