Greening the Concrete JunglesTowards Urban Afforestation and Vertical Farming
1. To discuss the current aspects of the urban design and city infrastructure that are unsustainable.
2. To accelerate the dialogue of sustainable communities, with key focus on urban afforestation and vertical faming.
3. To discuss the main challenges and the underlying causes that are delaying the progress of achieving the sustainable development goals.
4. To understand the current national development strategies and enable its acceleration to achieve the targets.
5. To discuss the benefits of urban afforestation within the country.
6. To highlight the challenges and negative impacts of large-scale agriculture and the advantage of switching to vertical farming.
7. To increase food and water security in the region.
8. To draw attention to Urban Afforestation as a preventive measure of pandemics and its effects.
9. To discuss different strategies followed by local stakeholders to bring long-term positive impact to the region through such projects.
REGISTRATION FEE::
AED 50 - EEG Member
AED 75 - EEG Non-Member