2.6 billion people will live in metropolitan areas by 2030.
They need solutions that go beyond municipal borders

See more highlights

Highlights

ICAM, Battersea, and Metropolis have partnered to support stray animal management for urban harmony02 Jul. 2025
Content type
News
10 Books for Urban Thinkers This Summer01 Jul. 2025
Content type
News
How Freetown and Nairobi Are Rethinking Urban Care Systems—And Getting Funded in the Process05 Jun. 2025
Content type
News
Why the World’s Largest Cities Are Joining Metropolis31 May. 2025
Content type
News

Eight Cities, Eight Solutions: Highlights from the Metropolis Financing Forum17 May. 2025
Content type
News
Seoul Smart City Prize 2025 – A Global Call for Inclusive Innovation12 May. 2025
Content type
News
Rabat Mayor Fatiha El Moudni elected President of Metropolis' Board of Directors19 Feb. 2025
Content type
News
Join Metropolis as an Associate Member – Shape the Future of Global Cities10 Feb. 2025
Content type
News

News & stories

02 Jul. 2025ICAM, Battersea, and Metropolis have partnered to support stray animal management for urban harmony

01 Jul. 202510 Books for Urban Thinkers This Summer

05 Jun. 2025How Freetown and Nairobi Are Rethinking Urban Care Systems—And Getting Funded in the Process

31 May. 2025Why the World’s Largest Cities Are Joining Metropolis

17 May. 2025Eight Cities, Eight Solutions: Highlights from the Metropolis Financing Forum

19 Feb. 2025Rabat Mayor Fatiha El Moudni elected President of Metropolis' Board of Directors

10 Feb. 2025Join Metropolis as an Associate Member – Shape the Future of Global Cities

28 Jan. 2025Metropolis becomes new host for The Pattis Family Foundation Global Cities Book Award

12 May. 2025Seoul Smart City Prize 2025 – A Global Call for Inclusive Innovation

22 Jan. 2025Explore data for the cities of tomorrow

16 Jan. 2025Explore our Local Care Systems toolkit

11 Nov. 2024Save the Date! Metropolis 40th Anniversary Seoul Congress 2025

21 Oct. 2024World Metropolitan Day 2024: A Global Call for a Just Transition across the World’s metropolises

28 May. 2024Registration is open now for the Metropolis Diploma in Internationalization for Local Authorities

16 May. 2024Dakar to host World Metropolitan Day 2024!

25 Mar. 2024Apply to host World Metropolitan Day 2024!

27 Jan. 2023Knowledge sharing for greener and more livable cities

24 Jan. 2023Energy communities, a turning point in the transition to clean energy

11 Jan. 2023Metropolis in 2022: a year in review

09 Jan. 2023Metropolis welcomes 6 new members

We find innovative and sustainable answers to the current and future challenges facing large cities and metropolitan areas

Learn more

About us Our work

40

Years

+160

members

+700

million people

+1300

political leaders and urban practitioners

Copyright on this site is licensed under a Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License

Website by Punt Zero