Delivering and Financing Better Societies
How can cities self-finance environmental and social solutions? By Luise Noring Every week, more than three million people move into cities looking for places...
Most Recent. In Cities.
Apr 7, 2021
Impact of COVID-19 on mortality inequalities: The case of France
By Clément Brébion ◦ 3 min read ◦ Despite an unprecedented worldwide decline in mortality over the last century, a substantial income gradient in life...
Mar 19, 2021
Arguing for Climate Adaptation
By Stella Whittaker ◦ 3 min read ◦ This month saw the publication of the Climate Policy Initiative’s (CPI) long awaited analysis of climate...
Jan 21, 2021
Innovating Under Pressure – Grassroots’ social and distributed manufacturing during the pandemic
By Isabel Fróes As Bowie almost made a prediction when he sang in his lyrics from 1981: ‘It’s the terror of knowing what this world...
About / Cities / CSR / Development / Featured / Initiative / Innovation / Issues / News / Partnerships / Stakeholders / Sustainability
Cities
How the pandemic can reset cities and transform aspects of urban mobility
By Isabel Froes Cities are hard and complex systems. With their defined policies, grids and routes, they offer limited space for experimentation, with a...
How to make food systems more resilient: Try Behavioural Food Policies
By Lucia A. Reisch The vision of healthy and sustainable food systems that facilitate appropriate food choices by individuals is gaining momentum in practice...
The Political Economy of the Olympics – Misconceptions about Sustainability
By Faith Hatani In the midst of the global coronavirus crisis, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) and the Japanese government finally decided last month to...
Towards a Realization of Sustainability Ambitions?
By Lars Thøger Christensen Governments are increasingly being sued by citizens and NGOs for not living up to their sustainability ambitions. Recently, for example,...
The Academic Smarts in the Smart City
By Lara Anne Hale. Smart Cities 101 Last week I had the pleasure of being one of eight students to join the University of...