Meet changemakers around the world innovating around in food, energy and water, learn about the UN Sustainable Development Goals, and take a walk in the clouds!

Interactive Tour

Wherever this friendly robot’s little wheels take him, opportunity and hope follow closely behind. But don’t be fooled by his diminutive stature, because laying in his core is a portal through time and space.

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Opportunity I: The Global Goals and Expo 2020

Opportunity II: Mission Possible

Mission Possible - The Opportunity Pavilion - Audio Guide

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Join a global mission and become an agent of change.

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Take a walk through the clouds and make a pledge in the upside down world of the Garden of Pledges.

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Expo 2020 envisions a future where every human can meet their basic needs for water, food and energy. At The Opportunity Pavilion, you will embark on a globe-spanning “Mission Possible” to help achieve the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals by 2030, showing how everyone has the power to make a difference.

From your “mission briefing” onward, you will connect with three inspiring people in their quests to unlock opportunity. They will take you to their communities in the UAE, Peru, and Zanzibar and – through storytelling and gameplay – you will learn how small actions have a big impact.


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Three unique tracks that transport you to UAE, Peru and Zanzibar

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Inspiring “mission” to unlock opportunity across the world

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Amphitheatre and co-creation spaces for workshops, forums and more

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Drone Footage: Mission Possible - The Opportunity Pavilion

The Making of Mission Possible - The Opportunity Pavilion

Interactive Tour: Mission Possible - The Opportunity Pavilion

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This striking pavilion consists of a low-slung, earth-toned brick façade topped with a dozen translucent mesh and metal structures that resemble boxy clouds carefully balanced on one another. It builds on the rich urban history of the plaza and its universal significance as a place for people to connect.

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Children's Adventure Tour: Opportunity Pavilion with Robot Guardian Opti

Who better to guide young viewers through the Mobility Pavilion story than Alif, the guardian of Mobility? Learn about the past, present and future of mobility. Interactive sessions make the tour even more fun!

Mobility Student Tour with Alif

Alif is definitely the leader of the guardians – or at least he thinks so. This shapeshifting robot will always get you where you need to go, whether you’re digging to the core of the Earth or surfing stardust on cosmic waves.

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Learn about the past, present and future of mobility. 

Inside Expo: The Evolution of Robots

Inside Expo: Redefining Mobility I: Not Just Planes, Trains & Automobiles

Inside Expo: Redefining Mobility II: The Giants of Mobility

The Powerhouse Pavilions

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In today’s hyperconnected world, mobility is more important than ever – so what better way to embody this than through a visionary structure that looks ready to take flight? With its space-age contours and awe-inspiring exhibits, Alif – The Mobility Pavilion offers visitors an immersive journey through the spectrum of human movement. 

But Mobility – one of Expo’s three main subthemes – is also about moving ideas. Take the lift to the pavilion’s top floor and undertake a voyage into the often-invisible ways that mobility unites us, from the campfire of a nomadic Bedouin all the way through the ultra-connected cities of humanity’s future.


Visitors ride the world’s largest passenger lift, which can transport more than 160 people at a time. The Bedouin girl in the middle of the lift is illuminated, reaching up towards the stars, symbolising the desire to reach new heights.

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Nine-metre-tall photo-realistic giants of mobility from the golden age of Arab civilisation, including 15th Century seafarer and navigator Ibn Majid, 11th Century historian and geographer Al-Bakri, and 14th Century explorer Ibn Battuta.

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Future cities merging imagination and design are dreamed up by children and projected an immersive space that explores the limitless possibilities that lay ahead for mankind

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Timelapse: Alif – The Mobility Pavilion

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The heart-pounding motion of speeding ideas and vehicles alike take shape in Alif – The Mobility Pavilion: a ribbed, curvy, three-sided structure wrapped in highly reflective stainless steel metal cladding, inspired by chrome fenders and aircraft wings. Alif's mirror-like surface captures movement, making the building seem alive and in motion. 

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Watch the creation of Alif - The Mobility Pavilion as it rises out of the desert sands.

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Children's Adventure Tour: Mobility Pavilion with Robot Guardian Alif

No one knows the Sustainability Pavilion the way Terra does. She takes young adventurers on a voyage under the forest or under the ocean. Learn about the beauty of nature, humanity's impact on our environment and finally, hope for the future.

The sharpest and smartest of the guardians, you definitely don’t want to get on Terra’s bad side – especially when she turns invisible. Fierce and loyal, Terra is highly protective of nature and keeps its deepest secrets.  

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Learn about the beauty of nature, humanity's impact on our environment and finally, hope for the future.


Inside Expo: Sustainability I: The World’s Oldest Innovator

Inside Expo: Sustainability II: Harnessing the Sun

Terra - The Sustainability Pavilion - Audio Guide

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At Expo 2020, sustainability is an urgent, attainable reality, and Terra – The Sustainability Pavilion is the proof. Both immersive exhibition space and exemplar of environmental self-sufficiency, Terra is a pioneering piece of architecture that pushes the limits of renewable design.

The pavilion’s 130-metre-wide solar canopy – so vast that you could park 10 city buses head-to-tail atop it – converts sunshine into electricity for the exhibits below. Artfully funnelled natural light and local plant species, together with technologies that can reduce water consumption by 75 per cent, show the way to a sustainable future.


Inspiring experiential journey through our shared sustainable future

Two immersive paths to choose from: beneath a forest and beneath an ocean

LEED Platinum environmental features, including solar power and water recycling

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Terra is a super-sized marvel of forward-thinking design. The pavilion’s technology generates enough energy in a year to power a Nissan Leaf to drive halfway to Mars, while another system captures moisture from the air you breathe and turns it into drinkable water. Enter and take a fantastical journey through the wonders of nature, humanity’s challenges and the promise of our shared future. 


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Terra is home to five thought-provoking art installations from artists around the world, with each piece demonstrating a response to the issue of sustainability.

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Young visitors can explore a fantastical world inspired by Terra's very own octopus, Octavia.