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UNESCO Celebration of World Cities Day
Every year since 2019, UNESCO celebrates World Cities Day (WCD) through the UNESCO Cities Platform. Under the theme Act Local to Go Global, World Cities Day 2022 offers a renewed opportunity to advocate for cities and local communities empowered sustainable development, highlighting the coherence and complementarity of the local and global dimensions in our common pursuit of a sustainable future.
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Cities have long been places people flock to. Currently, the majority of the global population lives in urban areas, and this figure is expected to grow even higher in the coming years.