How to build resilience in Sub-Saharan Africa
by David Lammers, MSc Environmental Studies and Sustainability Studies, Lund University While the challenges of increasing urbanization are often most prominently…
Is communication the greatest barrier to unlocking climate finance?
Financing resilient urban development is an essential tool in achieving global sustainability targets. Yet there is a lack of communication…
“Transformative optimism” towards a resilient world
“Transformative optimism” underlies the actions that local and subnational governments are taking to build a low-carbon and resilient world. It also…
Habitat III: What Needs to be Done on Financing Urban Development
The Mexico City Habitat III meeting on financing urban development is underway. The meeting is meant to provide input to…
Transformative Actions Program (TAP) on Center Stage at Cities & Regions Pavilion
The Transformative Actions Program (TAP) showcased local and subnational climate action at COP21 in Paris, as local and subnational governments…
Selecting Transformative Local Climate Projects for Implementing Partners
When we ask cities about their climate projects, they often explain that funding is inadequate. When we ask financial institutions…
Mixing Financial Resources for Local Climate Action
At Metropolitan Solutions 2015, we sat down with Eva Ringhof – Social Development Specialist at the Cities Development Initiative for Asia (CDIA)…
Developing Bankable Projects for Cities
At Metropolitan Solutions 2015, we interviewed Klaus Gihr (Head of Division, Energy, Water and Agriculture Unit, KfW Development Bank). Below…
Resilient Cities 2015 Interviews: Anne Odic
We conducted a series of interviews at our Resilient Cities 2015 congress. Here, Anne Odic of the Agence Française de Développement…
3 Days to the World Congress: 5 Things to Look Forward To
The World Congress 2015 is nearly upon us, with participants from all over the world ready to talk about how…