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
Online
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
Nairobi, Kenya
Green and Resilient Urbanshift Africa Forum
UrbanShift's forum for Africa gathered leaders from cities and national governments from across the continent to collectively discuss the role
Online
Cities around the world are reeling from the impacts of climate change, from heat to flooding. As threats intensify, nature-based
Online (by invitation only)
About the series This World Bank webinars hosted by the GPSC provides the GEF-8 SCIP cities with a platform to
Online (by invitation only)
About the series This is the first in a series of World Bank webinars to be hosted by the Global
Washington, DC (closed event)
Unlocking Potential: Navigating Challenges and Opportunities for TOD along India's Metro Corridors
Co-Hosted by Inclusive Urban Mobility and Accessibility Knowledge Group (Transport Economics and Policy [TEP]) and Transit Oriented Development (TOD) Community
Cairo, Egypt
Planning and Investing in Cities for Nature and Nature for Cities
This Global Environment Facility (GEF) and World Bank event, held in collaboration with UNEP, explored how cities are enhancing urban
