At the closing ceremony of the ninth Ecocity World Summit, held for the first time in Canada and organized by the Montréal Urban Ecology Centre (MUEC), Jayne Engle-Warnick, vice-president of the MUEC, said: “The Ecocity Summit brought together 1,500 delegates from 280 cities and 70 countries. Based on what we heard from experts during the conference, cities in Canada and all over the world are facing enormous challenges with limited resources. But we also heard that cities are the key to solving global issues such as climate change, the fight against poverty, and social exclusion.” (...)