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Construction

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

Urban Future - June 27, 2023

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

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...

Climate Adaptation

CityChanger Katharina Schätz: How Positive Energy & Fighting Fear Enable Change-Making

Karl Dickinson - October 23, 2023

In the world of sustainability, there’s an assumption that we all want the same change. Even for those of us who share this mindset, behaviours often don’t match, which can stall positive transitions. Katharina...

Energy

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

Karl Dickinson - September 18, 2023

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...

Young Leaders

Young Leader Khate Torres: Using Environmental Psychology to Create Healthy Urban Spaces

Karl Dickinson - August 21, 2023

Achieving climate and sustainability goals requires a willingness to change. Without this, the urban transformation would lack substance. We already have so much of the knowledge we need to make a significant impact, but,...

Guest Article

Fail Better! Lessons from Effective Climate Action

External Content - January 31, 2023

Cities have been identified as key actors for reaching adequate emissions reductions, but still fall short on the effectiveness of their actions. The City of Helsinki is no exception. But we have recently begun...

Skill

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

Karl Dickinson - August 7, 2023

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

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...

Urban Future 23, Stuttgart

Karl Dickinson - February 2, 2022

Join us in 2023 to experience Stuttgart's unique transformation process – be it urban mobility, energy, housing or social interaction. The City’s transformation process is already under way. Stuttgart has installed over 160 photovoltaic systems...

Urban Future Asia-Pacific 23

Karl Dickinson - February 2, 2022

Coming soon: we're finally getting to realise our dream of bringing Urban Future to a new continent! DATES TO BE CONFIRMED. CHECK BACK SOON or visit https://urban-future.org/event/asia-pacific-23/ Premiering Urban Future outside of Europe. We are sometimes overwhelmed by...

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