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Kevin M. Rudd, Chairman of the International Towns Federation and former Australian Prime Minister, mentioned in his keynote speech that the establishment of the International Towns Federation and the founding of the International Towns Forum on Sustainable Development is a historic development of global urbanization and a major event which is conducive to promoting the implementation of the United Nations’21st Century Action Plan and is conducive to promoting the establishment of a community with a shared future for mankind, conducive to alleviating the problem of major urban diseases in various countries, conducive to the formation of global towns development synergy, and conducive to the creation of global town cooperation. The platform is conducive to building a happier and better town which will be become our common home in the future! He hopes that the International Towns Federation can become the family for towns around the world, and become an important force for governments to promote the sustainable development of towns.
Yanbing Chen, ITF Vice Chairman and President, expressed his sincere welcome and gratitude to the guests attending the forum on behalf of the forum’s organizers, and pointed out that the world of today is facing severe challenges, and the biggest one of the most urgent needs for us to solve should be our living environment and social availability and the issue of sustainable development. Through the forum, he hopes to move everyone’s focus from big cities to small towns, from urban environments to suburban areas, and hopes that all countries will attach importance to the sustainable development of small towns.
George Papandreou, Vice Chairman and former Greek Prime Minister shared his views on how countries should respond to the global climate crisis in his keynote speech: He believes that the climate crisis is an undeniable common problem that is getting worse. The purpose of this forum is to call on everyone to take action and explore the possibility of cooperation from different levels to jointly fight climate change. According to his political experience, this is not something that any country or leader can do on his own, but must unite all continents, countries, cities and towns, and even civil societies to participate and work together.
The ITF is dedicated to bringing all stakeholders together and making their voices heard through this platform.
We welcome all kinds of research and report in the field of urbanization to be submitted and posted through ITF platform and we wish to share all available know-how to build a more sustainable world.
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