Gender equality starts at the top: Women in municipal leadership
When Mayor Célestine Ketcha épouse Courtès spoke at the ICLEI World Congress 2018, she painted a picture of what climate…
Inclusion and reconciliation: Indigenous Peoples and sustainability in our cities
It is not every day that we take the time to think about the land we stand on or how…
City leaders and the #MeToo movement: A vital conversation
Across the ICLEI Network, city leaders dedicate every day of their lives to creating healthy, safe and sustainable communities. These…
Mobility-as-a-service: An embodiment of shared, livable and intelligent
In the lead up to the EcoMobility World Congress, taking place from 2-4 October 2017 in Kaohsiung, we have invited…
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Hungry for more: Cities are shaping the global food agenda
It is clear that the food, urban, resilience and sustainability agendas must come together. At the Urban Food Forum at Resilient…
Responding to vulnerability and its root causes
By Bryce Appleby, human geographer, MSc Candidate at Universität Bonn / UNU-EHS – United Nations University of Environmental Risk and…
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A growing menu for the urban food agenda
The regulars at the Resilient Cities congress might recall that when urban food first appeared as a topic in the…
Water management: Women must be central to inclusive strategies
by Janna Frischen, MSc Candidate, United Nations University and Resilient Cities 2017 communications volunteer Urban growth is becoming a major global…
There is no cohesion without social protection
by Lauren Stabler, PhD student at the Global Sustainability Institute, Anglia Ruskin University Alfredo Zamudio, Director of the Nansen Center for…
Small island states: Overlooked but highly vulnerable
The number of climate change-related events is rapidly increasing, and Small Islands Developing States (SIDS) are highly vulnerable. In 2013, Honiara,…
Cities and their food: a relationship below the radar?
by David Lammers, MSc Environmental Studies and Sustainability Studies, Lund University The goal of making cities inclusive, safe, resilient and sustainable is…
“For the urban poor, nothing trumps location”
More than 200 million people in Africa live in slums, making it a major issue for cities growing at a rapid…