Urban Planning: Rethinking Cities in a Warming World
Smart urban planning is needed for ensuring cities adapt to climate change and remain liveable today, as well as be resilient in the future.
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October 2024/Urban Policies
What Is Urban Resilience?
Urban resilience is the ability of cities to survive, adapt, and thrive amid disruptions like natural disasters, climate change, economic and political crises. Climate resilience is a key component, as urban settings are particularly vulnerable to rising temperatures and other climate change effects. Measuring urban resilience requires a tailored, interdisciplinary approach, addressing evolving risks and local contexts.
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October 2024/Urban Policies
Cities and the Climate Crisis
Cities are major sources of emissions from both direct and indirect fossil fuel usage across sectors and are themselves vulnerable to the effects of climate change. There are many impacts of climate change on cities such as on health, infrastructure and energy. Some groups of society and the Global South overall are more vulnerable to the effects of climate change.
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October 2024/Urban Policies
What Is The Global Covenant Of Mayors & What Has It Achieved?
The Global Covenant of Mayors is the largest alliance for city climate action leadership representing over 1 billion citizens.The GCoM cities and local governments could reduce global emissions by 1.9 GtCO2e annually in 2030, compared to a business-as-usual trajectory, and by 76.5 GtCO2e in 2050.Greater financial investment in city climate actions is needed especially for adaptation activities; implementation of all actions could generate 11 million new jobs worldwide.
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Urban Policies
What Is The C40 Cities Group & What Has It Achieved?
C40 CITIES is a global network of cities aiming to identify and replicate urban climate action. Through networks, programmes, research, and agenda-setting C40 drives global climate action.
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Urban Policies
Introducing the 15-Minute City – Moving Towards Sustainable Living
This article examines the concept of a 15-minute city, where the design is focused around accessibility rather than mobility. The consequences of such construction reduce pollution, commuting and extortionate travel costs.
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Transport/Urban Policies