Cities
Let’s redefine public spaces, let’s bring back urban forests
There are two important ways in which we can bring in lasting change in the way cities develop: forestry and conservation of water bodies. […]
Category: Cities
Cities
Wind from the sea is changing, cities need to change
City-dwellers can no longer ignore the destruction of coastal green corridors such as the mangrove forests. They can’t either leave all responsibility to the […]
Cities
Electric buses a golden opportunity for India
Aniruddha Bhattacharjee India must not squander this chance, must not repeat the mistakes it made with CNG Back in 1980, Shenzen was a small […]
Cities
How a Japanese system can help African cities adapt to climate change
Seth Asare Okyere, Osaka University; Matthew Abunyewah, University of Newcastle, and Stephen Kofi Diko, University of Cincinnati Machizukuri system of Japan, or variations of […]
Cities
First-Ever Ross Prize for Urban Transformation Awarded to Tanzanian Initiative
Urban transformation award goes to SARSAI for creating safer journeys to school in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, and across Africa The inaugural WRI Ross Prize […]
Cities
Time for a policy to declare ‘urban drought’ to end hardships of poor women in India
In fact, as we write this piece, India is battling with two extreme weather conditions in two different regions. According to just released IMD […]
Cities
Climate’s ‘time bomb’ for world’s groundwater has some serious lessons for Indian cities
Extreme weather events such as droughts and heavy precipitation days are two of the major impacts of global warming. These events, whose frequency and […]
Aid
Alliance to Harness Tech Disruptions in Urban Transport
Urban mobility disruptions have far-reaching effects, affecting labor, land use, government finances, safety and access to opportunity for millions
Aid
World Bank Group Announces $200 billion over Five Years for Climate Action
By ramping up direct adaptation finance to reach around $50 billion over FY 21-25, the World Bank will, for the first time, give this equal emphasis alongside investments...
Cities
Indian Cities need multi-pronged efforts to conserve groundwater
For more than two billion people across the world aquifers are the primary water source but the shocking reality is that key groundwater basins in all the inhabited...
Cities
Navi Mumbai in airport India ignores climate resilience
Anjali Dhamale of Chinchpada village is a worried woman. Her household of 11 people that makes a living by growing rice and rearing fish […]
Sustainable Business
Why do we demolish buildings instead of de-constructing them for reuse?
Nate Berg Dismantling buildings piece by piece to preserve the reusable parts within keeps materials out of landfills and creates more jobs that demolition. […]