Small floods, small solutions: How a neighborhood in Izmir learned to hold back the water
In Pazaryeri, it does not take a major flood to ruin a shop or damage a home, and it does not take a major intervention to prevent it.
Geographic access: How cities use mapping to drive fairer decisions
Where people live often determines the opportunities and risks they face – albeit often resulting from economic pressures, planning decisions, environmental conditions, and historical policies.
One curriculum transformed Izmir’s climate training, and created an emergency team
In Izmir, four departments stopped working in silos and built one shared curriculum, with results none of them expected.
Malmö’s blueprint for green finance and what other cities can learn
Malmö competes for capital alongside covered bond issuers, national governments, and corporate. How can a city be so successful?
What the Nordic model can teach cities about accessing affordable climate finance
Municipalities pool their borrowing needs, present a combined credit profile to capital markets, issue bonds collectively, and lend the proceeds to member municipalities at lower cost.
Being investment ready for climate resilience
While climate resilience assessment tools help cities understand their risks, adaptation projects often need a final push to become a viable investment opportunity.
Co-creating the change we want to see: The non-negotiable for food systems transformation
Food systems, by their very nature, cross boundaries. That’s why FoodCLIC is expanding both the sectors of knowledge involved and the geographies engaged.
Three ways youth are influencing local food systems
International Youth Day – on 12 August – is a chance to reflect on how youth are advancing multilateral cooperation through technology and partnerships. In particular, we will look at the example of the AfriFOODlinks Youth Ambassadors.
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Urban resilience begins here: How women in Izmir are growing more than food
As Türkiye braces for another summer of heatwaves and unpredictable storms, spaces like the Kadifekale community garden offer a green space that is not only public, but participatory.
‘Women must make something out of nothing’: On the frontlines in Izmir’s climate resilience efforts
In Izmir’s Pazaryeri and Imariye neighborhoods, women are on the frontlines of climate resilience, navigating floods, heatwaves, and economic challenges while leading solutions that strengthen entire communities.
Bursting the bubble? Engaging the disengaged for equitable climate transitions
To ensure climate policies are more socially balanced, particularly in addressing the needs and participation of structurally disadvantaged populations, the INCLU:DE project promotes a shift in focus from incentivizing to enabling. How do cities design local climate actions that speak to all different realities?
Building the legal backbone for net-zero cities: Insights from COP29’s Korea Pavilion
At COP29, this session at the Korea Pavilion presented how to build net-zero cities through legal innovation and citizen engagement.