London Wins Bid to Host 2023 Ecocity World Summit

First held in 1990, the biennial Ecocity World Summit brings the world’s urban stakeholders together to discuss what can be done “to rebuild our human habitat in balance with living systems.” London has won a bid to host the Summit in June 2023, reports Abode2.

The London Summit will be a hybrid physical-virtual affair, taking place from 6th to 8th June 2023 at the Barbican Centre (the same time as the month-long London Festival of Architecture).

The winning bid was led by New London Architecture (NLA) in partnership with London & Partners, the Barbican Centre and professional conference organisers MCI. It was supported by the UK Government, Mayor of London, London Councils, City of London Corporation, Transport for London, UK Green Building Council, Royal Town Planning Institute, Green Finance Institute and Bartlett Faculty of Built Environment, UCL.

It’s fantastic news that London will be the host city for the Ecocity World Summit 2023. It’s been great to see sustainability at the top of the global agenda in the wake of the COP26 summit, and the Ecocity conference in London will continue the sustainability conversation by bringing together business, political and community leaders from all over the world. Global cities have a big role to play in tackling climate change and environmental issues. London has shown its leadership by committing to a Green New Deal to help London become greener and fairer – creating new jobs and skills for Londoners and ensuring London becomes a net zero-carbon city by 2030 and a zero-waste city by 2050.