by Gary Chandler | Mar 22, 2021 | Sustainable Cities
Greener Cities Are More Competitive, Efficient, Responsible The battle for sustainability will be won or lost in our cities. It’s where the majority of the global population lives, works and consumes. Recognizing and sharing best practices can help expedite the...
by Gary Chandler | Jun 26, 2020 | Sustainable Cities
Natural Systems Help Cities Weather Climate Change Experts say that the battle against climate change will be won or lost in our cities. China hopes to win the battle with sponge cities that embrace and utilize natural systems to manage water, cleanse the air and...
by Gary Chandler | Mar 19, 2020 | Sustainable Cities
Greener Cities Are More Competitive By Katy Aranoff, The New Republic The global economy is headed for a recession thanks to the coronavirus. A new poll finds that nearly one in five workers in the United States has already faced layoff or a loss of hours...
by Gary Chandler | Nov 1, 2019 | Sustainable Cities
Cities Fueling Global Warming Towns and cities in the world’s developing countries are growing on an unprecedented scale. Ten years ago, an estimated 40 percent of the developing world’s population – or 2 billion people – lived in urban areas....
by Gary Chandler | Feb 26, 2019 | Sustainable Cities
Greener Cities Essential The battle against global warming and climate change will be won or lost in our cities. Cities are the capitals of consumption and power. To promote greener cities, the Urban Sustainability Framework (USF), launched by the World...
by Gary Chandler | Jan 18, 2018 | Sustainable Cities
Cities A Massive Problem, Opportunity By Helen Clark, Administrator of the United Nations Development Programme On behalf of UNDP, welcome to the launch of the UNDP Sustainable Urbanization Strategy. As we meet here in Quito today for the Habitat III conference,...
