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Through its effort to restore urban wetlands, Kigali is mitigating its flood risk and emerging as and exemplar for resilient development.
This session offered an overview of implementing sustainable neighbourhood design, and overcoming challenges cities face in creating more livable communities.
At the Paris International Forum to End Plastic Pollution in Cities, global mayors shared insights on the power of local action to limit waste and transition to a circular economy.
Looking back at the 2022 TAP call for projects, this report summarizes the project applications received this past year, as well as the activities conducted around the projects already in the pipeline since 2021.
UrbanShift, global Mayors and city leaders held a series of critical discussions around the need for solutions to minimize the impact of plastic on the planet.
In Costa Rica’s capital region, a locally led, GEF-funded effort to clean up trash provides a model for successful community regeneration initiatives.
PEG members discussed points of alignment around upcoming UrbanShift activities like the Asia Forum and advocacy events.
Lima, a GEF 6 city, has found success with a tactical-urbanism approach to creating more vibrant public spaces. Here are key takeaways from its ongoing efforts to improve quality of life for residents.
In UrbanShift's second newsletter of 2023, we preview the some key events upcoming in 2023, including the UrbanShift Asia Forum in New Delhi, India. We also share resources for financing and implementing urban nature-based solutions, and highlight case studies from cities in the UrbanShift network.
In this report, C40 Cities and Arup outline how urban rewilding efforts can restore natural habitats within cities, and offer guiding principles, project typologies, and case studies.