Resilience

Cars should be banned from European city centres to save energy and prevent Russia profiting from fossil fuel sales, a report from climate action group RePlanet has urged. The report, authored by climate adviser Mark Lynas, energy analyst...

Cities are using data and new digital tools to help businesses recover from the pandemic and adapt for the future. Sarah Wray explores how these efforts are working out. Covid-19 lockdowns and turbulence over the past two years...

Micromobility firm TIER has announced a new partnership that gives ageing electric lithium batteries a second life. Partnering with German start-up Vertical Values, the firm will repair and upcycle defective batteries from electric scooters and assemble still-useable cells...

Short-term rentals in the Scottish city of Edinburgh may soon require planning permission to operate after councillors voted for tighter regulations to be imposed. A proposal to ask the Scottish Government to designate the city as a short-term...

Transport for London (TfL) has been recognised at the 2021 Corporate Startup Stars Awards, receiving the Public Sector Award for Open Innovation. The awards – hosted by innovation advisory firm Mind the Bridge and the International Chamber of...

Most cities now recognise the importance of partnerships and collaboration to tackle pressing societal issues and the climate crisis. But handshakes, good will and scattered agreements can only get you so far. The municipality of Leuven in Belgium...

Los Angeles City Council unanimously approved a plan to roll out the city’s first participatory budgeting pilot programme. LA REPAIR (Los Angeles Reforms for Equity and Public Acknowledgement of Institutional Racism) will give nine communities impacted by high...

Auckland’s Mayor Phil Goff has proposed the introduction of a NZ$1 billion (US$680 million) climate action package to reduce carbon emissions and deliver more buses, ferries, cycling and walking and urban tree canopies across New Zealand’s largest city....

Two cities this week announced new initiatives to monitor and address air quality. French company Planetwatch is working with the City of Miami to launch a decentralised indoor and outdoor air quality monitoring network that offers rewards for...

As part of a series of interviews with mayors of leading global cities and regions, The World Association of the Major Metropolises (Metropolis) spoke with Montevideo Mayor and Co-President of Metropolis, Carolina Cosse, to find out how COVID-19...