Join us to honor the 2020-2021 WRI Ross Center Prize for Cities finalists with an interactive event spotlighting their unique journeys of urban transformation and featuring our jury of urban leaders and visionaries. Selected from a pool of 262 submissions from 54 countries, one grand prize winner will receive $250,000 and each runner-up will receive $25,000.
The ceremony will feature all five finalists, members of the distinguished Prize for Cities Jury, and award-winning master of ceremonies Femi Oke:
Profiles of each finalist and their unique approaches to tackling climate change and inequality
As urban leaders look for new solutions, these projects show what’s possible when cities, communities, NGOs, universities and businesses work together to create solutions for people and the planet.
Join us for this interactive event to celebrate and explore these transformative projects and announce the grand prize winner.
COVID-19 Relief
COVID-19 has disrupted cities everywhere. Community groups, businesses, and governments are tasked with responding and rebuilding from the pandemic – while still striving to make cities more equitable and resilient for everyone. From India to Kenya, many projects and organizations that submitted to the Prize for Cities are responding to COVID and utilizing their unique approaches to find new ways forward.
Find out more about how projects are responding and support relief efforts at prizeforcities.org/covid.
