Turning play into participation: Building child-friendly, climate-resilient cities
Building child-friendly cities is a climate adaptation strategy. In Austria, Graz and Feldbach prove it works.
Youth are taking climate stock. Here are ten ways cities can act with them.
To truly harness youth leadership, local and regional governments must go beyond consultation, co-creating processes where young people set agendas, influence decisions, and hold institutions accountable.
The role of Youth Councils in Brazilian local governance and how cities can unlock their potential
This guest op-ed article explores how Youth Councils in Brazil are consolidating themselves as powerful tools for shared governance, co-creation, and accountability in the face of the climate crisis. How can cities unlock their potential to deliver true intergenerational climate justice?
Mind the gap: How youth fall between presence and power in urban governance
This guest op-ed article argues that youth participation in urban governance must move beyond symbolism to real power, especially in the Global South.
How New Taipei City’s E-House Program is pioneering nearly zero-carbon communities through public-private collaboration
Aiming for net-zero emissions in 2050, the largest city on the island of Taiwan has successfully implemented several initiatives, like its “Energy-Saving E-House Program,” the region’s first-ever housing energy-saving initiative engaging private stakeholders from the real estate sector and local communities.
How an online platform is providing 6000 cities with data and circular solutions
This blog was originally published on the ICLEI Circulars website and written by ICLEI’s Circular Development team and Circle Economy….
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The coastal city of the future
Malmö’s sea and coast have a great untapped potential that the city can develop and benefit from. A lot is already being done – but the city can and must do even more.
Discover life underwater in Malmö: Marine Education Center
Marine Education Center (Marinpedagogiskt Center) is a newly completed building by the beach in Malmö. In the center, visitors from…
Urban farming – a growing trend in Malmö
Urban farmers are becoming more numerous in Malmö and they deliver fresh food with minimal climate impact to both restaurants…
The resilient park that never will be finished
A big, new park in the Malmö area, Hyllie, focuses on stormwater, ecosystem services and social sustainability and is constantly…
Urban resilience: Learnings from COVID-19
Written by Olga Chepelianskaia, international sustainability expert and Founder of UNICITI. Natural disasters, economic crises and viral outbreaks have greatly…
Turning to science and systems change in the face of the coronavirus
By Tikender Panwar, Former Deputy Mayor of Shimla, India “Either we all are safe or none of us is.” This…
