1. The third pillar, the bio city, requires a fundamentally new relationship between humans and nature, and a changing understanding of ourselves as humans.
2. This is a generational task and will require a fundamental redesign of how we approach education.
3. Restoring and regenerating urban nature needs to become central drivers of all urban development decisions, especially in the context of promoting climate safe and resilient cities.
4. Biophilic and biomimetic design are key to help us reconnect with, learn from and emulate natural processes in cities in ways that can underpin human flourishing.
5. Natural features ranging from linear parks and vertical walls to rain gardens and breathing buildings offer a whole basket of benefits and need to be built in and retrofitted to all urban developments.
6. Due to their proximity and daily experiences, local residents are best placed to steward and regenerate nature in their communities.
7. Connecting and enhancing blue and green urban infrastructures can unlock the significant potential of urban nature, and embed water sensitive design that can tackle extreme weather changes.
8. All options and potentials for food growing within urban spaces need to be unlocked, especially in ways that foster significant changes in urban forms and functions.
9. Given the rapid annihilation of animal species globally, spaces for urban wildlife require urgently protecting and enhancing.