OECD Regions and Cities at a Glance 2024

Global megatrends are generating very different challenges and priorities for regions and cities. Governments at all levels need to engage with communities and tailor solutions to their needs and opportunities. That is particularly true of climate policies – where locally led solutions will be essential to reduce emissions, protect green spaces, use land sustainably, promote the circular economy, and support green innovation.

• Megatrends risk driving deeper divides between OECD regions and …

Global megatrends are generating very different challenges and priorities for regions and cities. Governments at all levels need to engage with communities and tailor solutions to their needs and opportunities. That is particularly true of climate policies – where locally led solutions will be essential to reduce emissions, protect green spaces, use land sustainably, promote the circular economy, and support green innovation.

• Megatrends risk driving deeper divides between OECD regions and cities
• Priced out... housing costs in cities
• Workforce worries... which regions are leading and lagging on labour
• The heat is on the street... hot days in a warming world
• Women in poverty... understanding the divide