Cities empowering youth for climate action: Lessons to replicate (and how to do it)
International Youth Day on 12 August recognizes young people as drivers of change. How can local and regional governments effectively…
Putting people at the heart of integrated climate action
Panelists and organizers for “Nothing about us without us: How to engage young people in co-creating sustainability policies?” included (left…
What does the Malmö Commitment mean to Malmö? Ultimately, a good life for all in a more sustainable world
Photo: Malmö Mayor Katrin Stjernfeldt Jammeh signs the Malmö Commitment on Inclusive & Equitable Communities during the ICLEI World Congress…
How to use socially innovative policy making for an inclusive energy transition
If there is anything to be learned from the ‘Gilets Jaunes’ protest in France, is that social innovation should accompany…
Adopting and adapting sustainable approaches: China’s social and environmental transformation
By Matteo Bizzotto, Communications Officer, and Hannah Rothschild, City-Business Collaboration Officer China’s rapid industrial and economic growth has come at…
“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…
Resilience-building: how to include the urban poor
by David Lammers, MSc Environmental Studies and Sustainability Studies, Lund University “Resilience is also required to respond to bad policy decisions”….
“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…