Advancing knowledge and innovation for sustainable housing and resilient infrastructure that cut emissions, reduce vulnerabilities, and improve equity and access for residents in rapidly growing cities.

Session proposals under this track are invited to consider:

• How sustainable housing and resilient infrastructure can reduce emissions, address vulnerabilities, and enhance equity in cities through community-led co-design;
• How innovative financing and planning approaches can support inclusive urban development by bridging research to implementation; and;
• How nature-based and hybrid solutions can transform infrastructure systems for climate-ready, sustainable urban futures.

Leveraging digital technologies and the transformative potential of artificial intelligence to improve data, strengthen planning and operations, and accelerate implementation of climate action in cities.

Session proposals under this track are invited to consider:

• How digital tools and AI can enable better climate data, risk modeling, and decision-making while ensuring information integrity and integrating diverse knowledge systems;
• How cities can overcome barriers of access, governance, and capacity to scale digital innovation through community participation and system based approaches;
• How digitalization can be harnessed to deliver inclusive, ethical, and climate-resilient urban futures.

Integrating justice, inclusion, and community-led knowledge so that climate action delivers fair outcomes for all urban residents and supports people who are most at risk of climate impacts.

Session proposals under this track are invited to consider:

• How climate research, policy, and practice can confront systemic inequalities and uphold intergenerational justice in shaping equitable urban futures;
• How Indigenous and local knowledge systems can be integrated with scientific approaches to co-produce inclusive and resilient climate solutions;
• How participatory governance and civic infrastructure can empower youth, women, and marginalized communities to lead and hold institutions accountable in just climate transitions.

Mobilizing innovative finance and local investments to close the implementation gap, move from pilots to scale, and turn climate ambition into bankable and replicable city-level action.

Session proposals under this track are invited to consider:

• How cities can strengthen institutional capacity and project preparation, particularly in small and medium-sized cities, to translate climate plans into investable, scalable, and inclusive projects;
• How financial and governance innovations including circular economy models, lifecycle cost analysis, and integrated mitigation–adaptation planning can improve the efficiency and impact of climate investments;
• How evidence and partnerships can accelerate implementation, through improved risk assessments, methods to quantify short- and long-term benefits, and mechanisms that align finance flows with equitable and climate-resilient urban futures.