As the major problem of the 21st century, sustainable development requires a paradigm shift, transformation, radical change or system innovations in order ...
Boston to build a sea barrier due to sea level rise
The city of Boston commissioned scientists and engineers to explore the feasibility of building a large sea barrier around Boston Harbor as the sea level ...
Bangkok’s first Resilience Strategy released
The city of Bangkok has unveiled “Resilient Bangkok” which is a strategic roadmap to promote urban resilience. The strategy was developed by ...
Mexico City includes resilience in its new constitution
Mexico City approved its first Political Constitution as an autonomous city on February 5th. Mexico City had been a Federal District under the control of ...
WBGU Gutachten zur Rolle der G20 im globalen Transformationsprozess
Im Rahmen des Treffens der Außenminister der G20 vom 16.–17.02.2017 in Bonn wird der WBGU, in Zusammenarbeit mit einem Verbund von Think Thanks aus ...
U.S. cities to face floods three times a week by 2045
A new research study published last week in the journal PlOS One, finds that floods could occur several times a week on average by 2045 along the mid- ...
Dakar to become the 1st African city to release a Resilience Strategy
Dakar, Senegal, has become the 21st city and the first in Africa to release a Resilience Strategy. Dakar faces severe problems such as youth unemployment, ...
Largest collaboration between insurance industry and cities
UN Environment’s Principles for Sustainable Insurance (PSI) abd ICLEI (Local Governments for Sustainability) have joined to create the largest ...
U.S. Air Force wants to switch to renewable energy sources
The U.S. Air Force aims at implementing resilient energy projects and resilient energy systems throughout the whole enterprise. The diesel energy supply at ...
2050: Fossiles Energiesystem teurer als Energiewende
Eine von dem Öko-Institut erarbeitet Analyse zur Energiewende zeigt, dass diese Wende bis 2050 zum einen eine klimafreundliche Stromversorgung bringen ...
