Centre for the Digital and Green Transformation in Cities and Communities

Against the backdrop of a just weakening global pandemic, escalating climate crisis and encroaching war, Europe is also under significant threats to its territorial, data and economic sovereignty. The urgency of global warming and biodiversity loss, the opportunities and the challenges of rapid digital acceleration, make it necessary to chart clear paths for specific and ambitious transitions. Thus, policy-makers in Europe have committed to bold timelines, including carbon neutrality by 2050. 

The Cultural and Creative Sectors and Industries, the CCSI, have a unique track record for successfully interconnecting and significantly influencing the performance of itself and other sectors. These interconnections often come hidden, such as when the advances in interface design, content and mobile computing were adopted as major new functionalities for handheld electronic devices. In that sense, art and design have also changed the landscape for urban and rural development.