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Building connections to support sustainability across the world's cities

UrbanShift helps cities pursue climate, resilience, and nature‑positive goals by decarbonizing, and restoring ecosystems.

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Best Practices and Lessons Learned on the Pathways to Sustainability: Urban Park Rangers

Urban conservation areas reduce environmental impacts, and training park rangers helps cities place nature at the center of urban life.

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Best Practices and Lessons Learned on the Pathways to Sustainability: Banco San Miguel Ecological Reserve Cleaning Brigade

The reserve is a vital bird habitat but faces growing waste issues and vulnerable communities, creating social‑environmental challenges.

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Cultural Heritage, Sustainable Tourism and Urban Regeneration: Capturing Lessons and Experience from Japan with a Focus on Kyoto

The report draws lessons from Kyoto’s heritage‑based urban development, showing how cultural preservation and tourism can support inclusive growth.

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Financial Returns from Restoration

Restoring degraded land yields major economic benefits; growing investor interest reflects strong financial potential in the emerging restoration economy.

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Culture in City Reconstruction and Recovery

Cities facing growing crises need culture‑centred recovery; the CURE Framework guides reconstruction that reflects people’s needs, values, and priorities.

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Mapping Social Landscapes: A Guide to Identifying the Networks, Priorities, and Values of Restoration Actors

The guidebook maps actors’ resources, priorities, and values to improve restoration governance, helping to improve collaboration and avoid conflict.

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Ending Tropical Deforestation: REDD+: Lessons from National and Subnational Implementation

The report distills lessons from global REDD+ efforts to guide stronger, future forest‑based climate‑mitigation strategies.

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Land degradation and cities: The essential role of local and regional governments

The briefing stresses tackling land degradation through systemic approaches that recognise urban drivers and empower local and regional governments.

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World Bank Outcome Bond Helps Support Ecosystem Restoration in South Africa

A World Bank outcome bond mobilizes private capital for large‑scale plant restoration, supporting carbon removal, biodiversity and jobs.

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