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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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Cities can create jobs, go green, and become more affordable — at the same time

Discover how cities can create jobs, accelerate the green transition, and become more affordable through integrated 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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Bank of Chengdu Issues US$448 Million Green Bond with World Bank Group Support under GEF-7 Sustainable Cities Program

A milestone for the World Bank-led GEF-7 Sustainable Cities Program, demonstrating how World Bank Group collaboration can mobilize finance for urban biodiversity
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Mongolia Launches GEF-8 Sustainable Cities Project to Advance Green and Inclusive Urban Development

The initiative supports integrated planning, nature-based solutions, and innovative urban finance to build greener, more resilient cities in Ulaanbaatar, Darkhan, and Erdenet.
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Issue 8 - 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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GPSC Resource Team Webinars​
Visit ICLEI’s Solutions Gateway, C40’s Knowledge Hub, and WRI’s TheCityFix to find out more about each organizations’ knowledge hubs. Webinar
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No Urban Myth: Building Inclusive and Sustainable Cities in the Pandemic Recovery
The article explains how COVID‑19 revealed overcrowded urban vulnerabilities and presents strategies for hotspot targeting and service improvements.
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COVID-19 turns spotlight on slums
Image by Dominic Chavez/World Bank Slums and informal settlements are emerging hotspots for coronavirus (COVID-19) transmission. Living conditions in slums…
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Fighting Infectious Diseases: the Connection to Climate Change
Climate change drives infectious‑disease risks via habitat shifts, pollution, and viral evolution, requiring coordinated global health‑climate action.
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GPSC Newsletter - May 2020
Spotlighting global innovation and leadership as cities advance integrated, resilient, nature‑positive development through collective climate‑smart action.
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Nature as an Engine of Recovery in a Post-Coronavirus World
LAC’s natural capital—forests, fisheries, agriculture, and tourism—can drive post‑COVID recovery through sustainable investment, stronger institutions, and…
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The World Bank Urbanscapes Community of Practice
GPSC welcomes the World Bank’s Urbanscapes Community of Practice to its network. Urbanscapes aims to foster strong collaboration across different
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Issue 7 - 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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Senegal: Sustainable Cities Management Initiative
Senegal advances sustainable urban governance through planning, climate‑risk integration, pilots, and knowledge reports supporting resilience.
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