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Put mental health at the heart of city decisions: A call to action for World Mental Health Day
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Put mental health at the heart of city decisions: A call to action for World Mental Health Day

ByHeidi Albert October 7, 2025October 9, 2025

On 10 October, World Mental Health Day, is a reminder that urban environments, climate resilience, and social connections profoundly shape wellbeing, and that local governments play a critical role in safeguarding it.

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Heat is rising. Here’s how cities are rising to respond.
Health Resilient Development

Heat is rising. Here’s how cities are rising to respond.

ByBarbara Riedemann June 2, 2025October 7, 2025

Feeling the heat? So are our cities, and they’re taking action. On Heat Action Day, we spotlight how local and regional governments are rising to the challenge through people-centered solutions to beat the heat.

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La visión de sostenibilidad de São Paulo: salud, resiliencia y acceso a los alimentos
South America World Congress 2024

La visión de sostenibilidad de São Paulo: salud, resiliencia y acceso a los alimentos

ByBarbara Riedemann May 17, 2024June 26, 2025

Mientras los termómetros de São Paulo marcaron temperaturas récord el año pasado, la ola de calor se negó a ceder,…

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São Paulo’s sustainability vision linking health, resilience and food access
Health South America World Congress 2024

São Paulo’s sustainability vision linking health, resilience and food access

ByBarbara Riedemann May 13, 2024October 7, 2025

As São Paulo’s thermometers marked record-breaking temperatures last year, the heat wave refused to relent, with March 2024 hitting nearly…

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Climate change is impacting urban health. Here is why and how we should measure it
Health Zero emission Development

Climate change is impacting urban health. Here is why and how we should measure it

ByGlobal Communications Team May 4, 2017June 3, 2025

The 2015-2016 Zika outbreak in South America showed how increasing temperatures and growing populations expose urban areas to considerable health risks….

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Zero emission Development

Resilient Cities 2015 Interviews: Vikas Desai

ByDominic Kotas July 8, 2015June 3, 2025

We conducted a series of interviews at our Resilient Cities 2015 congress. Here, Vikas Desai of the Urban Health and…

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