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Urban leaders, influencers, chart new path for world cities
Mayors of Mexico City, Bogotá, New Orleans, Freetown, Gaziantep and Barcelona joined other urban leaders, designers, activists and thinkers from around the world on Wednesday,…
Cities are bolstering their climate leadership in Finland — European Green Capital Lahti leads the way in achieving carbon neutrality
Climate leadership is an emerging aspect of leadership. Lahti, the European Green Capital in Finland, has a difficult background but aims to be carbon neutral…
The Swedish city of Malmö wins the Commission’s Fair and Ethical Trade City Award
Based on 11 eligible applications from local authorities across the European Union, and after shortlisting the top five applicants, a jury composed of representatives of…
Singapore, Helsinki and Zurich top index of world’s smartest cities
Singapore, Helsinki and Zurich are the world’s smartest cities, according to an index published on Thursday amid a growing debate on the future of urban…
Donald Trump threatens to defund cities with protests
US President Donald Trump has signed a memo that threatens to cut federal funding to ’lawless’ cities, including Seattle, Portland, New York, and Washington. US…
India’s mass exodus from cities triggers village property disputes
Police in India’s most populous state are dealing with a surge in property disputes, as millions of migrant workers flee to their villages after losing…
World Bicycle Day: Will cycling be the big winner after lockdown is lifted?
As lockdown restrictions are lifted, Europeans are turning to bicycles in an effort to avoid crowded public transport during the coronavirus pandemic. They are flocking…
Biden says ’we must not allow this pain to destroy us’ of violence in U.S. cities
Presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden on Sunday called for protesters against police brutality not to turn to violence as unrest flared in U.S. cities…
Nature boost for Berlin as Amazon funds city climate protection
Germany’s capital Berlin will serve as a testing ground for a European project backed by online retailer Amazon.com to work out how best to revive…
Commercial airliners monitoring CO2 emissions from cities worldwide
Cities are responsible for more than 70% of the global total greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. A study by an international team, published in Scientific Reports,…
Tackling coronavirus hotspots in city slums hindered by lack of data
Containing coronavirus hotspots in sprawling city slums has been made harder by a dearth of reliable data, urban experts said on Wednesday, calling for more…
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