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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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Pancakes to Pyramids: City Form to Promote Sustainable Growth
Join the Virtual Launch on Zoom Meeting ID: 918 7683 0286 Passcode: Easypass2@
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Cities on the Frontline: Resilient Infrastructure
In 2019, the World Bank and the Global Facility for Disaster Reduction and Recovery (GFDRR) released a report highlighting the
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The Climate-Smart Cities Community of Practice is organizing a series of bi-monthly webinars in coordination with the City Climate Finance
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Cities on the Frontline: Assessing Risk Through Data Driven Decision Making
The incredible amounts of data and information available nowadays can raise questions on how best to access and use this
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This World Bank internal deep dive session focused on two urban modeling tools that have been deployed to advise urban
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Earth Day Special Event: Launch of the R-Cities Chair’s Agenda
Join us for a Special Earth Day Session where Mayor Sylvester Turner, City of Houston and Chairman of the R-Cities'
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