Mr. Reza Pourvaziry is the lead of the World Station initiative, building a global platform that integrates environmental, climate, water, energy, and urban data to support evidence-based solutions for planetary sustainability.
He is an architect with expertise in advancing sustainable urban development and international collaboration. He is the founder and Chair of the Urban Economy Forum (UEF) and co-founder of the World Urban Pavilion, a global hub for knowledge exchange and innovation. He has extensive experience in building strategic partnerships and advancing innovative, scalable solutions for sustainable urban and environmental development worldwide.
Mr. Pourvaziry previously served as the First Global Advocate for UN-Habitat, where he contributed to the advancement of the New Urban Agenda, the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), and numerous global partnerships. He has served on the International Advisory Board of the UN-Habitat World Cities Report, contributed to several UN-Habitat initiatives, and collaborated with the Harvard Graduate School of Design (Harvard GSD) on sustainable urbanism research.