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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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Experts take first step towards GEF-9 replenishment
With less than five years on the clock to meet key international environmental targets, experts gathered this week to discuss
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Leveraging results-based financing for urban forced displacement
Originally pubished here When people are forcibly displaced, cities already struggling with rapid growth and scarce resources can end up
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GPSC Newsletter - November 2024
Explore the GPSC Newsletter to discover how cities worldwide are advancing integrated, resilient, and nature-positive urban development through innovation,…
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How to build more livable cities for a livable planet
Originally published on the World Bank blogs webpage As we mark World Cities Day, we are reminded that livable cities
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First Meeting of Mayors Forum on Urban Nature and Biodiversity [Summary]
Photo by Philipp Montenegro On October 27, 2024, mayors and high-level representatives from over 15 countries gathered alongside financial institutions
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Gentle densification: A culturally sensitive approach to modernizing urban living in Mongolia
Imagine waking up each winter day to a sky so thick with pollution that the sun is just a faint
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Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) in Tanzania [video]
Dar es Salaam is one of Africa’s fastest-growing cities, with 1,000 new residents arriving each day. To meet the rising
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Four facts that define the 2024 UN biodiversity conference in Cali
Originally published by the Convention on Biological Diversity When it gets underway in Cali, the capital of the mega-biodiverse valley
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How innovative revenues for infrastructure can fundamentally reshape infrastructure funding
Originally published on the World Bank blogs webpage Take a step into a metro station today and there’s no doubt
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Unlocking Urban Finance: The Vital Role of Project Preparation for City Projects
This post was originally published on UrbanShift In 2023, Moldova’s capital city, Chisinau, secured a €20 million investment to tackle
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