Events
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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
Partner Events
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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 actions
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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: Climate Resilient Urban Sanitation
This session of 2021 Cities on the Frontline Speaker Series, jointly organized by Resilient Cities Network and the World Bank
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Cities on the Frontline: Building Effective Food Systems for Cities
The COVID-19 pandemic, and various restrictions introduced to manage it, have disrupted food supply systems. Most affected have been the
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Cities on the Frontline: Addressing Urban Heat
The Earth is trapping unprecedented amounts of heat and temperatures continue to rise around the world, so extreme heat is
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GPSC Global Online Series 2021. Greater Than Parts: A Metropolitan Opportunity
The event launched the report Greater Than Parts: A Metropolitan Opportunity and shared how developing and emerging economies are successfully
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Cities on the Frontline: Advancing Community Resilience
This tenth session of 2021 Cities on the Frontline Speaker Series, jointly organized by Resilient Cities Network and the World
