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District energy: A secret weapon for climate action and human health
If you’re sweltering in Delhi or shivering in Detroit
and want affordable, environmentally friendly cooling or heating, district
energy may be your best bet.
A district...
Beijing air improvements provide model for other cities
More than 20 years after Beijing began looking for ways to improve air
quality in one of the largest and fastest growing cities in the...
Making it circular: The role of industries in circular cities
The United Nations Industrial Development
Organization, together with the Permanent Missions of Austria, Ecuador,
Slovenia, the Ellen MacArthur Foundation and UNDESA, has organized an event,
“Making it...
Mali: Bamako Needs Urgent Actions to Become an Engine of Growth and Service Delivery
Bamako, Mali’s capital city, has an opportunity to promote growth and improve service delivery, however this window of opportunity is narrow, a new World...
RASAI: The car-sharing tool seeking to breathe life into Pakistan’s congested cities
When Hassam Ud-din started studying in Islamabad in Pakistan, he had a three-hour round-trip commute from his home in Rawalpindi. He hated sitting in...
The sky’s the limit as architects design UN17 eco-village in Copenhagen
It’s a building project with towering ambitions—to use all 17 of the UN’s Global Goals as a sustainability blueprint for a 35,000-square-metre eco-village being...
Learning Cities Award Winners
The UNESCO Institute for Lifelong Learning (UIL) announced that the winners of the 2019 UNESCO Learning City Award are: Aswan (Egypt), Chengdu (China), Heraklion...
Air pollution is choking Bangkok, but a solution is in reach
A recent spell of especially soupy air has Bangkok scrambling to disperse dangerous pollutants and protect residents against dire health impacts.
The government has reacted...
Citizens recognize the positive impact of tourism
According to the first ever global survey conducted by the World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) and IPSOS, 47% of respondents think ‘they live in cities...
Cities rally against hate, discrimination, racism and violent extremism
Local governments are and should continue to be key global actors and
“co-shapers of a global framework for action” to address current worldwide
challenges related to...