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Young Leader Hamza Amin: Shaping Equitable Communications for a Better Pakistan

Karl Dickinson - September 18, 2023 0

The effects of climate change are not equal everywhere. Pakistan is one of the world’s lowest greenhouse gas emitters, but it is dealing with some of the harshest consequences. With projections that it will...

Greenery

Green Is the New Black: How to Get Started

Metka Novak - September 13, 2021 0

You want to start greening your city but don’t exactly know where to start or how to go about it? Well, lucky you! Below is a neat step-by-step guide to making your change-making path...

Greenery

The Challenge to Making Cities Greener

Metka Novak - September 2, 2021 0

The thing about greenery is there’s more to it than just planting a bunch of trees. Peeking behind the scenes, a lot of urban planning, designing, technical research, and policy writing goes into realising...

Greenery

Greenery: Facts & Figures

Metka Novak - July 29, 2021 0

The basis for every city-changing venture is to do your research and to know your facts and data. For this very purpose, we have gathered the most important, surprising, or even uplifting ones in...

Greenery

A Little Bit of Green Among the Grey: The Case for Greenery

Metka Novak - July 8, 2021 0

The United Nations’ article 'Cities and Pollution' states that cities use up 78% of the world’s energy and produce more than 60% of greenhouse gas emissions, all while covering less than 2% of our...

Water

Where to Start with Urban Water Management

Karl Dickinson - February 16, 2023 0

Concerned with how to kick off a better water culture in your city? Whether your region is blighted by too much or too little, our guides are packed full of ideas to get you...

Skill

CityChanger Safaa Charafi: Creating Fair & Sustainable Cities with Intersectionality

Karl Dickinson - May 23, 2023 0

Cities aren’t inclusive. It’s evident in how they’re laid out, the policies that govern us, and the mindsets of inhabitants. There’s a way to change this. Mainstreaming gender and intersectionality results in more inclusive,...

Editorial

A Conundrum of Common Courtesy: How Can Decency Deliver Better Cities?

Karl Dickinson - September 14, 2023 0

In 2015, a London cyclist clashed with a pedestrian, knocking her unconscious and leaving her with scars and broken teeth. It sent the media into a frenzy. Front and centre of the story was the...

Editorial

Overpopulation Is No Laughing Matter

Karl Dickinson - June 15, 2023 0

One of the rules of comedy, so I've been told, is to talk about what you know. That's why many stand-up routines over the past couple of years are based on personal accounts of COVID-19. I...

Editorial

Do the Right Thing: Who’s Responsible for Climate Action?

Karl Dickinson - July 19, 2023 0

It’s not always easy being responsible. As the (delayed) train journey home from the Urban Future conference in Stuttgart entered its eleventh hour, a creeping thought formed: had we taken a flight, we could have...

General

Maptionnaire: A Smart Lesson in Democratising Engagement the Fun Way

Karl Dickinson - February 21, 2023 0

Public participation matters. It brings democracy and diverse perspectives to city design. But it can be difficult to get right. Smart technology hands us new opportunities for engagement. Today we learn about one of...

Greenery

How to Avoid Heat Islands with Greenery

Metka Novak - April 25, 2022 0

Have you noticed the extremely high temperatures this summer? Especially when walking around a larger city? That is because city concrete and rooftop tar contribute to temperature increase and creating what is today known...

Young Leaders

Young Leader Eva de Bruijn: How Eindhoven’s ‘Idealists’ Are Saving City Politics

Karl Dickinson - July 24, 2023 0

Politics is one realm that can open a lot of doors to sustainability in our cities. But whether it’s because they are disillusioned, disinterested, or feel excluded, many people do not use their voices...

Water

Preventing Day Zero: Lessons from Cape Town

Karl Dickinson - February 16, 2023 0

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...

Construction

A Just Transition: Raising Workers’ Rights in the Built Environment’s Transformation

Karl Dickinson - June 27, 2023 0

As the construction and manufacturing industries undergo a transformation to new and better ways of delivering the built spaces we need, a hidden majority is often overlooked: the sector’s workers. It’s right that we...

Retrofitting

How to Excite People About Retrofitting

Karl Dickinson - January 24, 2023 0

Energy Team and community leaders hosting a gamified training session in Dromiskin. Image Credit: Energy Team Big cities can learn a lot from smaller communities. Dunleer, a town in the northeast of the Republic of...

Skill

Young Leader Fruzsina Nagy: How To Create Change Like A Sustainability Consultant

Karl Dickinson - August 7, 2023 0

A new breed of professionals is using their hotly sought after skills to bring about social and environmental impact. Impact-oriented values are fast becoming the deciding factor in career choices, over more traditional drivers...

Skill

Young Leaders Academy: Applying Transformational Knowledge as a Catalyst for Change

Karl Dickinson - May 30, 2023 0

Sharing knowledge is integral to scaling and speeding up the sustainability transformation. But are we doing it effectively? There’s a new generation of change-makers on the scene intent on improving the way knowhow is...

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