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Scaling Green Infrastructure for a Resilient Rwanda
As climate risks intensify across African cities, nature-based solutions (NBS) and green-gray infrastructure (GGI) are emerging as critical tools for building urban resilience. When strategically designed and implemented, these interventions reduce vulnerability to floods and heat, restore ecosystems, enhance biodiversity, and generate tangible social, economic, and public health benefits. According to a 2025 World Resources Institute (WRI) report, new NBS initiatives in sub-Saharan Africa grew at an average annual rate of 15% between 2012 and 2021—signaling strong momentum and growing
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Supporting Green Infrastructure Planning in Cities: Tools, Data Needs, and City Perspectives
31 March - 31 March 2026, 8:30 EDT
Background Introduction Agenda Presentation Recording The Urban Nature Program , co-led by the World Bank through its Global Platform for Sustainable Cities (GPSC), with support from the GEF, UNEP, and ICLEI, aims to scale up financing to help cities and sub-national governments implement actionsPast events
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Xi’an, China
Bridge for Cities: Shaping Sustainable Cities with Technology and Innovation
Background The 2025 edition of UNIDO’s flagship Bridge for Cities event will focus on the vital role of technological advances
Working Group Meeting
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GPSC Urban Nature Webinar: Integrating Nature and Low Carbon into Neighborhood Regeneration
About the series This is the first in a series of World Bank webinars hosted by the Global Platform for
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Guangzhou, China
GPSC Regional City Academy in Asia
BACKGROUND GPSC and its Regional City Academy The Global Platform for Sustainable Cities (GPSC), led by the World Bank and
Regional Academy
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About the series This webinar series hosted by the GPSC provides the GEF-8 SCIP cities with a platform to enhance
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Paris, France
From April 8–10, 2025, the GEF Secretariat convened a technical workshop in Paris to reflect on lessons from the Sustainable
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Paris, France
MDBs Join Forces to Accelerate Urban Transformation On April 7, 2025, the GPSC hosted a Multilateral Development Banks Engagement Meeting
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