The UN’s Sustainable Development Goals are instrumental in building resilience and making the world more sustainable, but it is sometimes hard to ...
MIT’s Solve competition fights food & water challenges
The Solve competition, a contest organized by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), wants to promote cost-efficient food production closer to ...
Copenhagen & Vancouver share why sustainability measures are worth it
At a conference on green buildings in Singapore, executives from the local governments of Copenhagen und Vancouver shared how going more sustainable and ...
Coastal cities like Houston can & should learn from others
The first impulse after natural disasters like the recent hurricanes is to rebuild what once was, but especially in coastal cities such as Houston, that ...
China to reuse rainwater with sponge cities
China is adressing the struggle to accommodate rapid urban migration to environmentally sensitive and low-lying areas with a its very ambitious sponge ...
UN urged to tackle urbanization using climate mechanisms
An umbrella group of urban constituencies known as the General Assembly of Partners (GAP) is pressing the issue of a needed response to rapid urbanization ...
Winners of the INDEX: Design to Improve Life Awards announced
The INDEX: Design to Improve Life Awards have been some of the most sought after design awards since 2013. This year, the winners improve the world of ...
India’s river-linking project about to start
India will soon commence work on an $87 billion scheme to connect nearly 60 rivers, some of the country’s biggest among them, government sources say ...
The City Leader Advisory Committee by 100RC
At the 100 Resilient Cities Urban Resilience Summit, 100 Resilient Cities – Pioneered by the Rockefeller Foundation (100RC) announced the City ...
MoU on smart cities & circular economy signed by French firms
French firms SUEZ and Bouygues Construction have signed a worldwide Memorandum of Understanding to develop sustainable smart cities with circular economy ...
