This article is brought to you in association with EBRD. The European bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) has committed an additional €3 billion to its flagship Green Cities programme, reinforcing the Bank’s commitment to sustainable urban development across a growing network of cities. Over the next five years, EBRD Green Cities will be supported by […]EBRD to allocate additional €3 billion for its Green Cities programme
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This article is brought to you in association with EBRD. The European bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) has committed an additional €3 billion to its flagship Green Cities programme, reinforcing the Bank’s commitment to sustainable urban development across a growing network of cities. Over the next five years, EBRD Green Cities will be supported by […]Why we must talk about nature-positive cities this COP28
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This article is brought to you thanks to the collaboration of The European Sting with the World Economic Forum. Author: Global Commission on Nature-Positive Cities Nature and biodiversity are fundamental to life. They provide the essential building blocks of existence, which technology cannot replicate. As members of the Global Commission on Nature-Positive Cities, we stand united in our […]Trees for life: Making our cities greener can cut early deaths by a third
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This article is brought to you thanks to the collaboration of The European Sting with the World Economic Forum. Author: Akanksha Khatri, Head, Nature and Biodiversity, World Economic Forum, Cristina Gómez Garcia-Reyes, Lead, Nature Based Solutions, World Economic Forum For billions of people around the world, the health hazards of city living are a daily reality. One of the […]How to measure the ecological performance of cities so people and nature can thrive
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This article is brought to you thanks to the collaboration of The European Sting with the World Economic Forum. Author: Jonny Hughes, IUCN Urban Alliance Chair and WCMC Chief Executive Officer, UN Environment Programme World Conservation Monitoring Centre & Lena Chan, Senior Director, International Biodiversity Conservation Division, National Parks Board We are now an urban animal – 68% […]Smart cities must pay more attention to the people who live in them
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This article is brought to you thanks to the collaboration of The European Sting with the World Economic Forum. Author: Viktor Weber, Founder & Director, Future Real Estate Institute Around 68% of the global population might live in urban areas by 2050. Smart cities will likely be a part of this future, promising to make our lives more convenient, […]5 surprising ways major cities are going green
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This article is brought to you thanks to the collaboration of The European Sting with the World Economic Forum. Author: Douglas Broom, Senior Writer, Formative Content What do cow dung, cockroaches, wood pellets and empty plastic bottles have in common? It’s not a trick question. The answer is that they could help us save the planet. When the Pakistan […]Does it pay for cities to be green?
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This article is brought to you thanks to the collaboration of The European Sting with the World Economic Forum. Author: Niccolò Pisani, Assistant Professor of International Management, University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands & Ans Kolk, Professor, University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands & Václav Ocelík, University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands & Ganling Wu, University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands There has […]Paris is building the world’s greenest business district. What can other cities learn from it?
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This article is brought to you thanks to the strategic cooperation of The European Sting with the World Economic Forum. Author: Navi Radjou, Author, Conscious Society The City of Paris and the RATP Group, the state-owned public transport operator that runs the Paris Métro subway, have jointly launched Les Deux Rives, a bold initiative to build the world’s greenest […]
