Success Of Cities Directly Determines Future Of Entire World - Jeffrey Sachs

2026-05-19 07:08:24

(MENAFN- Trend News Agency) BAKU, Azerbaijan, May 19. The success of cities directly determines the future of the entire world, Jeffrey Sachs, Director of the UN Sustainable Development Solutions Network, stated during a press conference within the framework of the 13th session of the World Urban Forum (WUF13) in Baku, Trend reports.

"The success of cities means the success of the world. The success of the world depends on the success of cities," he noted.

Sachs emphasized that by 2050, the global urbanization rate will reach 70%, with approximately 2 billion additional people moving to cities over the next 25 years.

According to him, the most intense growth in urban population is expected in Sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia, creating additional challenges for infrastructure, employment, and the social sphere.

He noted that the cities of the future must become "green, digital, safe, and productive" spaces where people can live, work, and raise families.

Sachs also stressed that modern cities face common global challenges - climate change, technological transformations, including the development of artificial intelligence, as well as shifts in mobility and the electrification of transport.

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