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…
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…
The Guardian | Four of world’s biggest cities to ban diesel cars from their centres
Paris, Madrid, Athens and Mexico City will ban the most polluting cars and vans by 2025 to tackle air pollution. Four of the world’s…
Reflections on Habitat III
Dr. Birch, co-chair of the General Assembly of Partners, reflects on Habitat III
Infrastructure in Africa – December Book Release
Good infrastructure is essential for socio-economic growth and sustainable development. Safe and accessible water supplies, reliable energy, good transport networks and communications technology are…
New Book: The Myth of the Sustainable City
About the book: This book takes you on a unique journey through American history, taking time to consider the forces that shaped the development…
Scientists must have a say in the future of cities
Nature News & Content, October 10, 2016 Timon McPhearson, Susan Parnell, David Simon,Owen Gaffney,Thomas Elmqvist, Xuemei Bai, Debra Roberts & Aromar Revi A United Nations conference seeks urban sustainability.…
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,…