faq

Common questions

• What is the We Love Cities campaign?

  We Love Cities is a public engagement campaign that allows people across the world to express support for sustainable urban development by voting for their favorite finalist from WWFs One Planet City Challenge and posting improvement suggestions for these cities. The One Planet City Challenge is the world’s largest and longest running city challenge. You can read more about it here. With the We Love Cities campaign we aim to:

  Inspire and raise awareness for the sustainability progress being made in cities.

  Give the general public an opportunity to celebrate, vote and upgrade their city through making suggestions to decision makers.

  Reward communities and strengthen the bond between the public and decision makers.

• Does the number of votes a city receives in the We Love Cities campaign have an influence on the selection of the national and global winners of the One Planet City Challenge?

  No. The We Love Cities campaign has no influence on the outcome of the One Planet City Challenge (OPCC). The OPCC winners are selected through a jury process based on the data reported by the cities on the internationally recognized unified reporting platform hosted by ICLEI and CDP.

• Why are there no cities from my country involved?

  The cities profiled here are all finalists in WWF’s biennial One Planet City Challenge.

  If your country is included in the One Planet City Challenge but your city is not profiled here, either your city chose not to participate in the Challenge or it participated but didn’t make it past the pre-selection process. In either case please encourage your mayor or public officials to inspire the world by developing and reporting really ambitious climate action plans next year.