The Urban Planet.

“Cities, regions, even small hamlets in the Arctic — built on two per cent of the planet, producing more than 80 per cent of its GDP. Every structural challenge of our era — climate, capital, sovereignty — gets solved or doesn't get solved there.”

Look at the map above closely and you'll see the web of lights has no centre. A port at the edge of the ice. A valley of engineers. A capital on a river. Each a point of light, each wired to the others by money, technology and the aspirations of people who build.

Iqaluit can be as consequential as New York.

What we do.

CityAge.com is an open platform for ideas and stories about the people shaping the Urban Planet. We welcome contributors who help us understand what is happening—and what comes next.

Our focus is the two per cent of the Earth where most of us live. Where human and financial capital converge, decisions are made and innovation takes shape.

Through our publication, events, films and campaigns, we bring people and ideas together.

CityAge is non-partisan. We believe in a vigorous marketplace of ideas and welcome informed debate, fresh perspectives and strong disagreement. We have no interest in diatribes, conspiracy theories or polarization for its own sake.

A small room of enormous influence.

Why we do it.

We brand big ideas and build the networks that put them in motion.

CityAge puts ideas in motion.

We help leaders turn ideas into action. We work with business and political leaders, researchers, innovators, philanthropists and others who build the Urban Planet.

We amplify promising public policy ideas and bring people together to help shape and implement them. We help build brands, raise awareness, attract capital and form partnerships.

Through our publication, events, films and campaigns, we connect ideas with the people who can make them happen.

What ideas do you want to put in motion?