The City of Busan, UN-Habitat and ‘blue tech’ company Oceanix have signed an agreement to build the world’s first prototype sustainable floating city. The initiative aims to demonstrate solutions for coastal cities threatened by sea level rise. According to UN-Habitat, two out of every five...
Sarah Wray looks at why cities’ resilience strategies need to expand beyond physical infrastructure to the digital world. Severe weather events around the world this year, including floods, wildfires, heatwaves and hurricanes, have tragically claimed lives and wreaked destruction on cities, buildings and landscapes. While...
Welcome to the capitaltribunenews.com daily round-up of the key city-related stories from COP26. We are updating the news throughout the day. Send stories to our editorial team. UN-backed Council on Urban Initiatives gets underway António Guterres The mayors of Mexico City, Bogotá, New Orleans, Freetown, Gaziantep and Barcelona...
Buenos Aires took home the top prize at the World Smart City Awards 2021 in Barcelona, winning the City Award for its municipal waste management plan. Since 2012, the Argentinian capital has implemented the scheme which promotes waste reduction, encourages segregation, and reduces the overall...
The environment was top of the agenda at this year’s Eurocities conference. Awards recognised sustainability projects but campaigners called on local leaders to act with greater urgency. Cities, meanwhile, had some demands of their own. Christopher Carey was at the event. Copenhagen was the big...
The City of Ithaca in New York has approved a plan to electrify and decarbonise all buildings as part of its goal to become carbon-neutral by 2030. A consortium led by Brooklyn-based climate tech company BlocPower will lead the the Energy Efficiency Retrofit and Thermal...
Local governments around the world are creating new roles to reflect shifting priorities, particularly related to pandemic recovery, equity and climate resilience. Sarah Wray examines the changing shape of city organisations and the latest hires. From around 2013, cities began hiring Chief Resilience Officers. In...
Welcome to the capitaltribunenews.com daily round-up of the key city-related stories from COP26. We are updating the news throughout the day. Send stories to our editorial team. Resilient Cities Network launches equity assessment tool The Resilient Cities Network (R-Cities), a global city-led non-profit, has launched a Resilient Infrastructure...
Cities around the world are developing strategies to dramatically reduce emissions by 2030, 2040 or even 2050. But as the climate crisis intensifies, long-term planning must not obscure the need for urgent action. While these detailed plans and weighty reports chart the direction of travel,...
It’s not easy keeping the pandemic in check in Guangzhou, a Chinese megacity with more than 18 million residents and a vibrant global hub for trade. Yet Guangzhou has experienced fewer COVID-19 cases overall than many global cities see in a day. Guangzhou Mayor Wen...
