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Moving back to greener pastures: why we need to protect high-altitude pasture lands
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Moving back to greener pastures: why we need to protect high-altitude pasture lands

BySubuhi Parvez

The Daring Cities webinar on Healthy High Altitude Pasturelands for Sustainable Development in Downstream Cities focused on the importance of high altitude pasturelands. Watch here. The high altitude pastureland and forest ecosystems provide a wide array of ecosystem services (provisional, regulating, cultural, supporting). These ecosystem services are critical for sustainable urban development in cities downstream….

Daring Cities closing balances bold initiatives with challenges that lie ahead
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Daring Cities closing balances bold initiatives with challenges that lie ahead

ByMark Wessel

Inspiring city initiatives in the fight against climate change have sprung up around the world, from the conversion of former landfill sites into wetlands in Buenos Aires, to Delhi closing its most polluting power plant, to Guangzhou electrifying its entire bus network. At the same time, questions linger over why cities like Lagos or Dakar…

CDKN Policy Dialogue Calls for Including Peri-Urban Spaces in Governance, Regional Planning

CDKN Policy Dialogue Calls for Including Peri-Urban Spaces in Governance, Regional Planning

BySubuhi Parvez

ICLEI South Asia, the Climate Development and Knowledge Network (CDKN) Asia Coordinator, organised an online Policy Dialogue on Peri-Urban Ecosystems – Potential for a Planned Approach in India on the 25th of August 2020. Field experts from various organisations participated in the dialogue and gave their feedback on the brief prepared by the CDKN Asia…

Comic book conveys the significance of nature based solutions to combat climate change

Comic book conveys the significance of nature based solutions to combat climate change

BySubuhi Parvez

Local action moves the world! This fact has been highlighted even more in the present scenario. Rapid urbanization has led to environmental degradation across the globe. Loss of biodiversity, particularly in the urban areas has several cascading and far reaching consequences. Biodiversity provides ecosystem goods and services and also has benefits such as Flood Control,…

Mainstreaming nature in Malawi: Bringing local-level knowledge to national decision-making
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Mainstreaming nature in Malawi: Bringing local-level knowledge to national decision-making

ByGlobal Communications Team

In a time when cities are bursting at the seams, policy reform is vital to protect ecosystems and build climate resilient cities that preserve urban nature. This three-part series will share three policy victories in Malawi where nature is being conserved and considered  in Lilongwe City, the country’s capital, and beyond. Lilongwe City is often…

Bringing cities and finance together for blue-green infrastructure
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Bringing cities and finance together for blue-green infrastructure

ByGuest Author

By: Dr Sebastiaan van Herk and Sophie Rasbash of Bax & Company The cost of climate adaptation for developing countries is rising rapidly. Global public finance commitments to address climate change are also growing. According to the IHE Delft Institute, funding jumped from $4 billion in 2010 to $25 billion in 2013, but this is…

How design thinking and landscape architecture can help cities regain their resilience
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How design thinking and landscape architecture can help cities regain their resilience

ByGuest Author

by Sophia Rettberg, Resilient Cities 2019 Guest Blogger Environmental hazards such as flooding, heat waves and droughts are increasingly common challenges for cities around the globe. As these issues demand on-going adaptation and innovation, local governments have turned to design thinking – a people-centered approach for building products and services – for solutions. Landscape architecture and…

Biodiversity in cities: How natural asset mapping helps cities protect livelihoods and address climate change impacts

Biodiversity in cities: How natural asset mapping helps cities protect livelihoods and address climate change impacts

ByGlobal Communications Team

With the release of the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES) global assessment, it is increasingly clear that biodiversity and natural ecosystems play a crucial role in maintaining the health of the planet, particularly in the face of climate change. The natural environment provides many valuable and free services that contribute directly…

Cities lead on climate with nature’s help
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Cities lead on climate with nature’s help

ByGuest Author

By Laura Huffman, Texas Regional Director, The Nature Conservancy   Cities get things done at the right scale: the human scale. They have the pace and vigor to turn momentum into action, connecting locally to move the needle globally on a host of issues. When the U.S. government withdrew from the Paris Agreement, the response from…

Water markets can support an improved water future

Water markets can support an improved water future

ByGuest Author

By Brian Richter, Chief Scientist, Water at The Nature Conservancy Fresh water touches every part of daily life—from drinking water and sanitation, to agriculture and energy production. Unfortunately, for nearly half of the world’s population, water scarcity is a growing issue with devastating impacts to our communities, economies and nature. In the past, countries have…

China’s New Opportunity: Water Funds
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China’s New Opportunity: Water Funds

ByGuest Author

By Daniel Shemie, Kari Vigerstol, Mu Quan, Wang Longzhu The Nature Conservancy What do the Chinese cities of Harbin, Ningbo, Qingdao and Xuzhou have in common? They are all water stressed, but they are also perfectly positioned to lead the country toward a more sustainable water future. While China encompasses almost 20 percent of the…

Postcards from the World Cities Project: Vitoria-Gasteiz, Spain

Postcards from the World Cities Project: Vitoria-Gasteiz, Spain

ByMichael Woodbridge

A common thread among local governments that are globally recognized as urban sustainability leaders – a category which includes the eight cities taking part in the EU-Canada Urban Policy Cooperation – is that they actively work to protect, restore, and grow biodiverse urban green spaces. Vitoria-Gasteiz is at the forefront of this trend: in the…