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

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GPSC Global Online Series 2021. Local Actions, Global Targets: Comparing Urban Biodiversity Plans to the Aichi Biodiversity Targets

During this World Bank internal discussion, Urban Biodiversity Hub (UBHub) presented the initial results of the research explor ing the
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One Year of COVID-19: Delivering a Green and Just Recovery

One year has passed since the World Health Organization declared #COVID19 a pandemic, cities around the world are still on
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