SDSN USA ranks US cities on SDG progress
the Sustainable Development Solutions Network’s United States Network (SDSN USA) launched the 2019 US Cities Sustainable Development Report, SDSN’s third city-level report ranking 105 US…
New UNEP Report: The Weight of Cities: Resource Requirements of Future Urbanization
9 February 2018: The Weight of Cities: Resource Requirements of Future Urbanization report was released by the International Resource Panel, an eminent group of experts set up…
General Assembly of Partners (GAP) Responds to Report of High Level Independent Panel to Assess the Effectiveness of UN HABITAT
On August 29, the 16 Partner Constituent Groups of the General Assembly of Partners (GAP) issued its response to the report of the High Level…
Webcast: “The Connected City: Trends and Developments Driving Smart City Innovation”
The Webcast “The Connected City: Trends and Developments Driving Smart City Innovation,” produced by MIT Technology Review and IEEE Collabratec About the Webcast The…
C40 2016 Awards announced
On December 1st, C40 announced the winners of the 2016 Cities Awards: Climate Action Plans & Inventories: Portland, United States Adaptation Plans & Assessments: Paris Building…
CityLab -The New Census Portrait of Rural America in 2016
New Census data show that the real differences between the city and the country may not match up with popular perception. CityLab. That rural-urban…
Atlas for the End of the World
On May 20, 1570, Abraham Ortelius—book collector and engraver from Antwerp—published the world’s first Atlas: the Theatrum Orbis Terrarum (Theater of the World).[1] With his maps Ortelius…
2016 Top North American Planning Websites | Planetizen
October 27, 2016 – The annual list of the best planning, design, and development websites, representing some of the top online resources for news,…
New Data-Driven Climate Action Planning Tool from the World Bank
The World Bank and partners have designed CURB, a free data-driven climate action planning tool to help cities more easily identify and prioritize cost-effective,…
Citiscope’s Habitat III Journalism Project
The Habitat III Journalism Project aims to: Create a global community of journalists who help each other with sourcing, story tips, and finding ways…