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Sustainable Cities blog
Posted on: 1 October 2014
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A blog from the World Bank dealing with sustainable cities. Other topics covered include: Africa; Latin America; Development in a changing climate; Transport for development; Water.
Insights: WRI blog
Posted on: 26 September 2014
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Insights is the World Resources Institute’s thought leadership blog. Here experts provide timely commentary, news, and analysis on critical issues at the intersection of environment and human development.
Gehl Architects
Posted on: 25 September 2014
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A blog from Danish-based Gehl Architects, featuring its work worldwide.
Urban re Think
Posted on: 25 September 2014
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Urban reThink is an online, environmental magazine which advocates sustainable and low-impact living, aiming to both inform and provide insight, and with a goal to educate and enlighten readers. Contributions and comments are welcome.
International Conference on Water, Informatics, Sustainability and Environment. Ottawa, Canada, 26-28 August 2014
Posted on: 18 September 2014
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This event provided an opportunity for scientists from around the world to share their scholarly knowledge, skills and expertise with a focus on environmental challenges facing the planet. Presentation abstracts are available online.
The sustainable development goals: Will they deliver climate compatible development for vulnerable countries?
Posted on: 18 September 2014
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The Open Working Group (OWG)’s proposal for the sustainable development goals (SDGs), to be presented to the United Nations General Assembly at the end of September 2014, features climate change as a goal and also recognises climate change impacts in some of the targets under other goals. Over the next year of inter-governmental negotiations, there is an opportunity to further refinement of the goals. The Climate & Development Knowledge Network held national dialogues in Colombia, Kenya and Indonesia to facilitate an exchange of views among stakeholders from across government, civil society, academia and the private sector on how best to include climate change in the SDGs in a way that encourages climate compatible development. This paper highlights key concerns and principles that emerged in the three consultative events, and ways that these principles could be implemented in practice.
A natural offset for the Rio 2016 Olympic Park
Posted on: 17 September 2014
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The Rio 2016 Olympic Park, on the city’s waterfront, is converting its degraded landfill into an ecological restoration project. This is not an isolated initiative but is part of a larger ecological and landscape strategy for lagoon borders and ecological corridors for the city of Rio de Janeiro.
What is the scope for nature in cities?
Posted on: 29 August 2014
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Building on the findings in the Cities and Biodiversity Outlook (CBO) project (www.cbobook.org), jointly led by the UN Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity and Stockholm Resilience Centre, this Special Issue of Current Conservation has a particular focus on India, one of the most rapidly urbanising nations in the world, and cities in other countries in the southern hemisphere. It presents some examples of the meaning of nature in cities, and challenges and opportunities associated with urban nature conservation.
Getting on track: Sustainable and inclusive prosperity for cities. Toronto, 15-16 May 2014
Posted on: 7 August 2014
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This event provided an opportunity for cities and their partners to learn, share and ex change experiences across a wide spectrum of big ideas and innovative solutions for cities. Presentations available online.
International Conference on Poverty and Sustainable Development. Colombo, Sri Lanka, 17-18 June 2014
Posted on: 7 August 2014
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The event provided an opportunity to further debate policies and decisions agreed at the RIO+20 Summit. Presentations are available online.
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