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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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Innovate4Cities 2021 Conference. Greater Than Parts: A Metropolitan Opportunity
This event unpacks global successes drawn from the new report “ Greater Than Parts: A MetropolitanOpportunity” to share how developing
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The World Bank’s webinar series “ Bringing Nature to Cities: Integrated Urban Solutions to Biodiversity Loss and Climate Change” will
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Low Carbon and Climate-Smart Cities: Low Carbon Urban Transport
The Knowledge Sharing Series on Low Carbon and Climate-Smart Cities showcases cutting-edge solutions and good practices for achieving low carbon
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The World Bank’s webinar series “ Bringing Nature to Cities: Integrated Urban Solutions to Biodiversity Loss and Climate Change” promotes
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The World Bank’s webinar series “ Bringing Nature to Cities: Integrated Urban Solutions to Biodiversity Loss and Climate Change” will
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Cities on the Frontline: Co-Designing a Resilient Recovery in Cities
This session of 2021 Cities on the Frontline Speaker Series, jointly organized by Resilient Cities Network and the World Bank, co-hosted
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