Sustainable Cities
The Future of Mobility in Smart Cities: A Journey Towards Sustainable Urban Transport
Growing urbanization brings pressing mobility challenges, catalyzing the emergence of smart cities to revolutionize how we travel. Delve into critical insights, data, and innovative solutions that shed light on the path toward more sustainable and resilient urban environments. Read the full article by Gleison Celente on LinkedIn
São Paulo: In a ‘smart city’, no one gets left behind
São Paulo is the economic powerhouse of Brazil. With a metropolitan population of over 22 million people, it is also the largest city in the Southern hemisphere. But for low-income populations or people with a disability or other minorities with a socio-economic disadvantage, getting around the sprawling metropolis can be a challenge. Learn how the Smart Mobility Program is addressing accessibility in this World Bank blog
Bogotá, mujeres al volante
En una cultura donde los puestos de trabajo suelen definirse en función del sexo, un tema es que las empresas busquen contratar mujeres, y otro más desafiante es obtener resultados que transformen la naturaleza organizaciones de las empresas. Todo comienza por un cambio de percepción para comprender los tipos de trabajo que las mujeres pueden […]
Bogotá’s women in the e-bus driver’s seat
In a culture where job roles are often prescribed based on gender, it’s one thing for a company to emphasize hiring women; it’s another to achieve results that transform the very nature of the company. It all starts with changing hearts and minds about the kinds of jobs women can do. A group of municipal […]
Belgrade’s Waste-to-Energy Project Sparks Environmental Renaissance
The once notorious Vinča landfill, with its landslides, fires and methane emissions (much more potent than carbon dioxide from a climate perspective) is undergoing a transformation that is reviving both the landscape and the lives of the nearby residents, and Serbia’s capital city.
Achieving the just transition: A toolkit for city leaders across the globe
To limit warming to 1.5°C, global emissions need to drop drastically by 2030. This requires systemic change towards a net-zero and resilient economy at an unprecedented scale and pace. A just transition is about leaving no one behind in this shift, protecting livelihoods and maximise the employment benefits of climate action. Full article on C40 Knowledge Hub.
Sustainable Cities Must Become Central to Climate Change Strategies
Approximately 56 percent of the world’s population—or 4.4 billion individuals—lives in a city. The growth of cities is expected to continue, with the urban population more than doubling its current size by 2050, at which point nearly 7 in 10 people will live in cities. If well managed, rapid urbanization presents an opportunity for sustainable growth, […]
How youth activists and cities can work together on climate
One of the things that keeps me optimistic is that many of the foremost climate leaders influencing political discourse at the local, national, and international levels are under the age of 29. That is why C40 Cities is supporting cities to work with youth on effective climate action that benefits all of us, and why, […]
New Data Dashboard Helps Cities Build Urban Resilience in a Changing Climate
Climate change is impacting cities and their residents in many profound ways, from poor air quality to flooding to biodiversity loss and extreme heat. Now, with the help of a new tool, select cities can access localized, integrated data to help build climate resilience and secure a more sustainable and nature-positive future. The new geospatial indicator […]
Lifting barriers to gender-responsive infrastructure
From a macro-economic perspective, applying a gender-lens to infrastructure development would increase the total GDP in OECD countries by 2.5% by 2050. Developing safe and quality infrastructure that is gender-responsive is therefore vital to an inclusive green economy. While good practices and actions exist, many countries still face multi-faceted challenges, ranging from awareness and capacity to […]
Potential Role of Nature-Based Infrastructure (NBI) in Sustainable Cities
Urban areas need a variety of assets called social infrastructure combined with roads and buildings. Nature-Based Infrastructure (NBI) solutions harness nature to provide infrastructure service. Nature-based solutions take inspiration from forests, mangroves, wetlands, and grasslands, and the resultant can be engineered or grey structures. Apart from functioning as a basic infrastructure, it enables and supports […]
Photo by Antoine GIRET on Unsplash In COVID-era trash surge, waste management ingenuity, circularity, and investments are key
At the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic and with little warning, municipalities suddenly faced unique waste management challenges: massive upticks in daily waste volumes combined with curtailed garbage collection and cutbacks in recycling. While workplace waste production fell at the pandemic’s height, household waste rose to a degree that offset the decrease in commercial waste. […]
