For formerly industrial cities that have transitioned away from heavy industry, food insecurity has been a dire problem. Prolonged disinvestment common to former blue collar neighborhoods often means that food insecurity is more significant in these areas. But these cities are also showing how food systems can be made more equitable and sustainable.
Sometimes seeing something is the best way to learn. That’s what representatives from 23 cities in Bangladesh, Brazil, Colombia, India, Indonesia, Lao PDR, Rwanda, South Africa and Europe had the opportunity to do on a recent European study trip on sustainable urban development and climate resilience.
A new toolkit from the Global Covenant of Mayor for Climate and Energy (GCoM) and partners shared with cities in…
This week in New York, heads of state and government have come together at the UN headquarters for two dedicated…
New report shows low-carbon measures in cities could reduce urban emissions by nearly 90 percent and support 87 million jobs…
On 29-31 July, a Hong Kong delegation visited Seoul to learn from the city’s advanced food waste policies and practices….
The city of Turku and ICLEI – Local Governments for Sustainability have launched a partnership to design a regional Resource…
Delivering ambitious, collaborative climate action is crucial to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals. This September in New York, Heads of…
Freight transport is at the core of today’s global economy; in emerging regions such as Asia, the logistics industry accounts…
Over three billion people depend on marine and coastal biodiversity for their livelihoods while 1.6 billion people, including 70 million…
In the last decade, the campus of Peking University in Beijing has recorded sightings of over 200 bird species –…
In the central-eastern region of Mexico, it is expected that by 2020 eighty-six percent of the population will live in…
