Scotland  

Glasgow City Council & C40 Cities Climate Leadership Group invite you to the Thriving Cities Initiative Glasgow Launch, 11 November 2021, 09:00-10:30.

This event will be a Zoom Webinar. Register here.

Please join the city for this important step towards a more thriving Glasgow and exploring how Glasgow will deliver a local legacy from COP26.

Website: www.gla.ac.uk/research/az/sustainablesolutions/oureventsandcourses/comingevents/cop26andthecentre/cop26-thriving-cities

Programme

Lead Councillor Susan Aitken will set out her vision for thriving in the 21st century and will be joined in discussion by the following experts:

Kate Raworth, economist and author of Doughnut Economics: Seven Ways to Think Like a 21st-Century Economist, will discuss how cities can move towards thriving.

Jaime Toney, Director of the Centre for Sustainable Solutions at the University of Glasgow, will discuss a City Portrait for Glasgow.

Kevin Austin, Deputy Director of C40 Cities Climate Leadership Group, will moderate the panel discussion.

Further information:

• Glasgow City Council news item on joining TCI
• Thriving Cities Initiative (TCI) Knowledge Hub
• C40 Cities: A global network of mayors taking urgent action to confront the climate crisis and create a future where everyone can thrive
• Creating City Portraits: A methodological guide from the Thriving Cities Initiative
• Kate Raworth's website