Rethinking silver: Lessons from Japan’s age-ready cities

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Investing in cities today is the key for a resilient future

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Supporting a Breath of Fresh Air for Lagos

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GPSC Newsletter - October 2022

Explore the GPSC Newsletter to discover how cities worldwide are advancing integrated, resilient, and nature-positive urban development through innovation, leadership, and collect

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Issue 17 - Quarterly Newsletter on GEF China Sustainable Cities Integrated Approach Pilot Project

This project is helping to move China’

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Transit-oriented development: Planning for diversity and social inclusion

To address the challenges and opportunities in implementing transit-oriented development (TOD) in African cities, the Institute for Transportation and Development Policy (ITDP) and the United Nat

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Issue 18 - Quarterly Newsletter on GEF China Sustainable Cities Integrated Approach Pilot Project

This project is helping to move China’s em

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GPSC Newsletter - December 2022

Explore the GPSC Newsletter to discover how cities worldwide are advancing integrated, resilient, and nature-positive urban development through innovation, leadership, and collect

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Towards greener and more resilient cities in Serbia: How improved urban planning can help

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Getting the fundamentals right: Measuring, reporting, and verifying carbon emissions at the city level in China

Whether they want it or not, cities will have to play a central role in the fight against climate change as they

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Why Should Asset Managers Care About Biodiversity?

Biodiversity loss is set to significantly disrupt the world economy over the next

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Secondary cities and towns in the Sahel: Creating places of opportunity

High levels of poverty coupled with conflict, instability, and climate-induced disasters, make the Sahel a difficult environment for the people that live there.  Challenges from droughts and

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Navigating the trade-offs of ecological, economic, and development goals to protect biodiversity

This blog entry is part of a series that highlights insights from research for development policies and practices, supported by the Knowledge for Change Program (KCP).
 

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GPSC Newsletter - May 2023

Explore the GPSC Newsletter to discover how cities worldwide are advancing integrated, resilient, and nature-positive urban development through innovation, leadership, and collect

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Cool solutions for a hotter climate: Tackling urban heat island effect with innovation

Cities worldwide are grappling with the adverse effects of Urban Heat Island (UHI)[1], intensified by rising global temperatures from climate change.

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How to make urban hills safer: Cross-city dialogue on landslide risk management

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Three reasons why financial institutions should invest in green cities in emerging markets

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No time to waste: A sustainability challenge for cities

SDG 11 aims to make cities and communities inclusive, safe, resilient, and sustainable.  
 
Cities today face the challenge of rising waste –

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Building a sustainable future: Affordable green housing in emerging markets

The demand for investment in the affordable housing sector has never been greater.

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Urban Nature Program

The Urban Nature Program aims at connecting and supporting cities and sub-national governments

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