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On 12 February 2024, WGIN signed a memorandum of understanding on organizational collaboration with the International Federation of Landscape Architects (IFLA.) The 60th IFLA World Congress titled “Code Red for Earth” will receive abstracts until 19 February, 2024. Please note that the Congress dates overlap the World Green Infrastructure Congress 2024 in Auckland, New Zealand. The 60th World Congress of the International Federation of Landscape Architecture (IFLA), hosted by the UCTEA Chamber of Turkish Landscape Architects, will be held in Istanbul between 4-6 September 2024 with the theme “Code Red for Earth”. Earth is experiencing an unprecedented rate of change. We are all living with ‘Code Red’. The scaleless and boundless nature of environmental crises creates an irreversible degradation in terrestrial, atmospheric, and aquatic environments that harm all living and their habitats. A considerable amount of the world’s population is affected daily by climate change and severe disasters, facing livelihood destruction, land-use change, habitat encroachment, extinction of species, and wildlife crime posing a significant threat to the future of the Earth and all living.  Herein, the 2024 IFLA 60th World Congress calls for humankind to take urgent action to prevent the worst impacts of environmental crises. Acknowledging human responsibility, the congress invites policymakers, professionals, scientists, and individuals on stage to establish discourse and course for the Earth’s future.  Addressing landscape architecture as a professional and academic practice that is deeply and firmly rooted in built environments’ relationship to nature, we intend to foreground the mediatory/mediating and catalytic role of Landscape Architecture and invite our esteemed scholars, researchers, educators, and practitioners to join this pivotal world conference.  The three-day congress intends to discuss anthropogenic impacts on the Earth system and establish scenarios by forming an action-oriented interaction ground rather than only (re)pointing out the problems.  The deadline for abstract submissions is extended to 19 February 2024.  For further information, click here.   IFLA WORLD CONGRESS, İSTANBUL 2024 (ifla2024.com)

The webinar – Ecosystem Services of Green Roofs and Possibilities for their Economic Assessment takes place on 21 February at 16:00 CET! Hosted by EFB, join to explore the costs, long-term benefits and feasibility of green roofs. The European Federation of Green Roofs and Walls Associations (EFB) has launched an online webinar series touching upon various topics related to green roofs and walls that are relevant all-around Europe. The next webinar scheduled for 21 February at 16:00 CET is titled: Ecosystem Services of Green Roofs and Possibilities for their Economic Assessment. Speakers: Ana Teixeira Mesquita (Portugal) – Operations Director at Landlab Portugal, Board Member of ANCV Marek Hekrle (Czech Republic) – PhD researcher at J. E. Purkynì University and IREAS Prague The webinar will address the topic of real costs, long-term benefits, and feasibility of green roofs, emphasizing economic assessments and how some of the ecosystem services of green roofs can be expressed in monetary units. There will be an opportunity to learn from Czech and Portuguese case studies and discover why such evaluations are crucial for green roof implementation. More information & register here. *The webinar is free of charge for participants thanks to the support of the speakers and sponsors of the webinar.  

AIPH is proud to announce that the prestigious gala dinner and awards ceremony for the AIPH World Green City Awards 2024 will take place in the City of Utrecht at the Future Green City World Congress in September 2024.  The prestigious Awards ceremony will take the form of a dedicated gala dinner, set to be hosted on 25 September 2024 at the Royal Jaarbeurs in the heart of the City of Utrecht, Netherlands. The momentous occasion forms an integrated part of the official program of the first Future Green City World Congress, which is a global four-day event organised by the Royal Association Stadswerk the Netherlands, the Royal Dutch Society for Garden Designers and Landscapers (VHG), and the City of Utrecht.  The Future Green City World Congress will be held from 23– 26 September 2024 at the Beatrix Theatre in Utrecht., with over 3000 experts from around the world expected to attend and share their passion and knowledge for shaping greener cities of the future. Connecting all professionals and decision makers in the urban greening sector, the Congress boasts an exciting programme which will showcase the most inspiring examples of green city transformations from all over the world, making it the perfect global stage on which to celebrate the Finalists and winners of the AIPH World Green City Awards 2024. The time is now, like never before, to come together in unity to shape the greener, healthier, and more resilient cities of the future. Registration for the Congress and the Awards ceremony gala dinner will open soon! Contributions to the program are invited with proposal submissions accepted here. Find more information about the AIPH World Green City Awards 2024.  Future Green City World Congress: https://fgc2024.com/