The peer reviewed open access conference proceedings of the annual International Conference on Evolving Cities (ISSN 2754-5768) is now live and can be viewed at https://publications.evolvingcities.org/proc-icec/index .

The proceedings includes 11 papers which were presented at the hybrid International Conference on Evolving Cities which took place in Southampton, UK from 22-24 September 2021. It brought together leading academics, policymakers, and industrialist to debate the role of cities in development, addressing climate change impacts and accelerating our transition to net-zero carbon. This document covers the first Volume of submitted peer-reviewed papers for the 2nd International Conference on Evolving Cities (ICEC2021) with articles for Volume 2 currently under review and will be published soon.

The 3rd International Conference on Evolving Cities will be taking place on the 13th-15th July 2022 at the newly built University of Southampton Centenary Building (B100)situated within the Highfield Campus at the University of Southampton, Southampton, UK. The abstract submission portal is open until February 28th, with earlybird registration available from the 1st March 2022.