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Featuring voices from cities, experts, and partners, these stories of innovation and impact are drawn from across the GPSC’s global network. News and blogs showcase progress, lessons, and thought leadership on sustainable urban development.

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From Silos to Systems for Livable Cities: Embracing nature and biodiversity

Indonesian cities are integrating climate resilience, biodiversity, and infrastructure planning to support more livable and sustainable urban development.
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The Wetland Advantage: Nature-Based Solutions Power Rwanda’s Urban Future

Kigali is restoring urban wetlands to reduce flooding, improve biodiversity, support jobs and tourism, and strengthen long-term city resilience.
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Transforming our cities: a collective path to sustainability

The Sustainable Cities Program supports global cities with integrated planning, innovation, financing, and partnerships to advance resilient, low‑carbon, and nature‑positive urban development.
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New US$ 5.2 million initiative to advance sustainability solutions for Nairobi

Learn how Nairobi is advancing low-carbon, climate-resilient, and nature-positive urban development through integrated neighborhood planning.
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Inception Workshop Launches Sustainable City Project in the Beijing–Tianjin–Hebei Region

The inception workshop launched a GEF‑8 initiative in the BTH region, uniting ministries and cities to advance integrated low‑carbon development.
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Solid Waste Management As a Pillar of Urban Change
Photo by Hermes Rivera on Unsplash Solid waste workers have been critical for propping up our global waste management systems
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Better Trash Collection for a Stronger Recovery: Solid Waste Management as a Pillar of Urban Change
Photo by Ignat Kushanrev Solid waste workers have been indispensable to protecting cities around the world during the COVID-19 pandemic
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Decarbonizing Transport: Building Momentum in the Run-Up to COP26
Photo by Darya Tryfanava Transitioning to zero-carbon transport globally is essential to keep climate change in check. Yet five years
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Building Back Better: Green, Healthy and Inclusive Cities
The World Bank’s GPSC Global Online Series explores how cities can leverage the COVID-19 pandemic’s unprecedented disruption to facilitate a
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GPSC Newsletter - November 2020
Explore the GPSC Newsletter to discover how cities worldwide are advancing integrated, resilient, and nature-positive urban development through innovation,…
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PANORAMA: GPSC expands to promote Sustainable Urban Development and Resilience
On the occasion of World Cities Day 2020, the World Bank and the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN)
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Protecting health in dry cities: considerations for policy makers
Photo by Timon Studler on Unsplash Increasing health and wellbeing in cities that experience water scarcity presents challenges, but can
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ISSUE 9 - QUARTERLY NEWSLETTER ON GEF CHINA SUSTAINABLE CITIES INTEGRATED APPROACH PILOT PROJECT
This project is helping to move China’s emerging megacities off of a high-polluting car-oriented trajectory by applying eight low carbon
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Tale of three mayors: Coping with COVID-19
Daily life in Freetown. Photo by Abdul Karim Jalloh on Unsplash The COVID-19 pandemic is a public health emergency, an
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C40 Action Selection and Prioritisation (ASAP) Tool and resources
The aim of the C40 Action Selection and Prioritisation (ASAP) resources is to support cities in selecting and prioritising actions
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