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Construction

Financing Green Buildings: Is ‘Sustainable’ Affordable?

Iris Fiebiger - August 26, 2021

Sustainable buildings provide plenty of environmental, economic, and social benefits. So why are we hesitant to build more of them? A common explanation (and misconception!) is that they are simply too expensive. To bust this and other myths around financing the construction of sustainable...

Water

Preventing Day Zero: Lessons from Cape Town

Karl Dickinson - February 16, 2023

Day Zero: the moment a city’s water dries up completely. For Cape Town, this deadly scenario came too close, but it was averted thanks to collective action and decisive leadership. This story serves as a get-started guide to conservation for any city wishing to...

Walking

Taking Inspiration From Tokyo’s Pedestrian Paradises

Maximilian Prutsch - April 22, 2021

The ‘World Car Free Day’ is an important event to give people an idea of what their city could be like, if we stopped allocating most of the valuable public space to the least effective mode of transport, the car. But why limit this...

Editorial

Colonial Urbanism: Polycrisis Guaranteed by Design

POSSIBLE FUTURES - August 17, 2023

Cities across the Global South remain firmly in the grips of their colonisers’ “innovations”, hosting entrenched centuries-old systems and practices of abuse and exploitation that disrupt health and life across the planet. Approaches to urban social sustainability that ignore colonial oppression and its urban-rural...

Housing

CityChanger Orna Rosenfeld: “I Created My Job Because I Believed in Something”

Iris Fiebiger - November 4, 2021

Do you want to drive change in cities but can’t find a role that allows you to do so? Why not be like our CityChanger Dr Orna Rosenfeld and create your own job? Tackling the housing affordability crisis, advising international banks, and passing on knowledge...

Greenery

Urban Biodiversity and the EU Taxonomy

Metka Novak - September 13, 2021

It’s easy to forget we share our space in the city with other creatures. Either being small and almost invisible to the unobservant eye or being right there, planted in front of your front door – their importance is far more significant than they’re...

General

CityChanger Luca Ballarini: Empowering People Through City Imaging

Karl Dickinson - September 26, 2022

When Luca Ballarini came up with the idea of ‘city imaging’, he didn’t yet know the impact it could have. Within less than a decade, the concept has become a powerful tool that anyone can use to drive change in their city. Read on...

City Logistics

Making City Logistics More Efficient (and Green) – How to Get Started

Sarah Konrad - February 7, 2022

City logistics is a complex playing field with a multitude of actors involved. Increasing efficiency and greening last-mile logistics can only be achieved if all these actors play their part, governments included. This is how to get started. First things first: Focus on Getting the...

Retrofitting

Green Finance Institute: Accelerating Retrofits Through Investment

Urban Future - February 6, 2024

Retrofitting Europe’s built environment would drastically reduce greenhouse gas emissions and position us closer to climate goals. It’s a tantalisingly tangible but costly outlook, and progress is slow. To change this, the Green Finance Institute (GFI) set itself the task of creating conditions where...

Housing

Building a Better Housing Model with the European Community Land Trust Network

Karl Dickinson - July 4, 2023

Fulfilling the need for quality, affordable, future-proofed housing is one of our cities’ biggest challenges. Marginalised and low-income populations need the current system to change the most. Community Land Trusts offer an equitable and affordable alternative to traditional housing models, giving rise to their...

FWE Nexus

Data & Policy: Interpreting the Food-Water-Energy Nexus

Karl Dickinson - October 25, 2022

The food-water-energy nexus is complex. People and organisations are funnels for the details that allow us to unravel the puzzle. This information they give sheds light on the interconnected domains and how we can use them to create more resilient cities. But how can...

Greenery

CityChanger Dusty Gedge: “A City Has the Responsibility to Deliver Real, Meaningful Biodiversity”

Metka Novak - June 23, 2021

A circus performer, an actor, and a birdwatcher – becoming the name in the field of green roofs certainly wasn’t on Dusty’s agenda. The current President of the European Federation of Green Roof and Wall Associations reflected with us on the path that led...

Construction

Notable City Skellefteå: The Sky’s the Limit… in Wood

Karl Dickinson - January 27, 2022

One city in Sweden has been getting a lot of attention. The 20-storey plyscraper Sara kulturhus is one example of how notable city Skellefteå is pioneering the realms of wooden construction, but there’s a lot more going on. Significant inward investment has turned this...

Inclusive Cities

CityChanger Kalpana Viswanath: Technology for Safety – How an App Is Giving Women a Sense of Security

Tanja Polonyi - April 14, 2021

There is one thing women all over the world have in common – fear. Fear of harassment and violence as soon as they enter public spaces. How to conquer this global issue? CityChanger Kalpana Viswanath took the technical approach and co-created an app that...

Greenery

How Community Gardens Australia Helps Bring Residents Together

Metka Novak - June 9, 2021

Community gardens are on the rise, no question about it. Whether it’s providing space for residents to grow their own food or offering a green space to escape the concrete jungles and building a community, their appeal certainly can’t be denied. But how exactly...

External Content

How Cities Can Use the Law to Advance Climate Action

External Content - September 21, 2021

This article was written by and for the C40 Knowledge Hub, delivering cutting-edge insights and practical resources from leading climate cities directed at those working in city government. It was originally published here in August 2021. We’re featuring the article with kind permission by the C40 Knowledge Hub. Legal...

Retrofitting

Retrofitting Reports: Prime Publications on Policy and Practice

Karl Dickinson - September 24, 2021

Retrofitting is big news. The internet is home to many academic papers and reports on the subject. Aside from providing a lot of empirical data, the impressive level of research shows us just how complex the subject is and how much we still need...

Mobility

Mohamed Ridouani: Innovation Means to Improve the Quality of Life With and for All

External Content - February 22, 2021

This article was written by Aseniya Dimitrova for TheMayor.eu. You can find the original post here. This is an interview with Mohamed Ridounai, Mayor of Leuven, European Capital of Innovation for 2020. In September Leuven won the iCapital award for 2020. The annual competition organised by...

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