World Urban Parks (WUP) proudly announced the winners of the WUP@10 Awards 2025, recognizing excellence and innovation in parks, public spaces, and community initiatives around the globe.
Author: Communication WUP
Adapting to Climate Change
Adapting to Climate Change by Plante & Cité explores how cities can harness the power of nature to build resilience against rising temperatures, urban heat islands, and extreme weather events.
Learning through Play
Learning through Play highlights the essential role of play as a foundation for children’s learning and development during early childhood.
The Art in the Park Guide
The Art in the Park Guide invites communities, educators, and families to transform green spaces into outdoor creative studios that connect youth with nature through the arts.
Design Guidance for Green & Thriving Public Spaces
Design Guidance for Green & Thriving Public Spaces by C40 Cities is a practical, neighbourhood-scale handbook for city staff, planners, architects and community leaders to improve the provision and quality of public spaces.
Designing Cities for Children: A Conversation with Cecilia Vaca Jones
In Podparks, Cecilia Vaca Jones shares how investing in children transforms cities, offering ideas for inclusive, playful, and people-centred urban life.
Redevelopment Project – Route Along Venice Lagoon
This article takes you inside the details of the project, highlighting eco-friendly materials, innovative public space solutions, and a model of sustainable development where people and nature thrive together.
On the Ground: Regional Leaders Shaping the Future of Parks
On the Ground: Regional Leaders Shaping the Future of Parks What do parks look like across the globe, and how do local contexts shape global action? In this special panel episode, host Maria Burnett is joined by four World Urban Parks Regional Committee Chairs: Juan Carlos Acevedo (Latin America), Julia Watson (Africa), Carl McLean (Europe),...
World Urban Parks Annual Reports Repository
World Urban Parks Annual Reports capture our global progress, challenges, and achievements. Explore them here and see how we’re shaping greener, healthier, and more inclusive cities worldwide.
World Urban Parks, Needed More Than Ever
Maarten Loeffen underscores how Dutch parks reveal the need for global collaboration, with World Urban Parks driving resilience, equity, and well-being.









