2020年9月4日 · The United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals highlight the need to ensure these cities are safe and sustainable for all. Around the world, cities are innovating to help tackle challenges such as climate change. Projects include tiny urban forests that could help combat climate change, ‘sponge’ cities that soak up floodwater, and ...

2023年6月6日 · [goal: 11] aims to make cities and communities inclusive, safe, resilient, and sustainable. Cities today face rising waste—particularly in the use of plastics—as populations grow and incomes rise. In 2020, the average person generated about 376 kilograms of waste—about six times an average person’s weight.

2024年3月11日 · The IESE ranking of the world’s most sustainable and smart cities is led by European and US cities, but many cities from elsewhere perform strongly against individual measures. With increasing numbers of people living in cities, initiatives like the World Economic Forum’s Global Future Council on Cities, which aims to tackle urban ...

2023年11月10日 · Cities account for two-thirds of the global energy demand and 70% of CO2 emissions. A recent innovation challenge aimed to source start-ups that are looking to make cities greener. These start-ups are making the world's cities more sustainable

2024年11月11日 · As the 10-year anniversary of the Sustainable Development Goals nears, cities need to evaluate how they have fared on SDG11, especially when it comes to urban development. Understanding progress and challenges can help cities learn how to best improve their climate and environmental performance in an equitable way.

2023年6月28日 · Recognizing the need for more sustainable and resilient growth in cities, urban development ministers from the G7 are meeting in Japan in July to focus on cities and urbanization. Ahead of this, industry leaders came together with senior officials to forge a pathway for more sustainable, inclusive and digitalized cities across the G7 and beyond ...

2018年10月29日 · Increasingly, cities around the world are learning about the best governance and planning practices from one another, even as they remain accountable to their respective national governments. The broad goals of urban governance should address issues of equity, liveability and sustainability in cities of the future.

2024年1月4日 · Integrating land use, housing and transport planning facilitated by innovation and technology is critical to making cities more inclusive, connected and sustainable. Early planning and sequencing of implementation is key to success by preserving infrastructure rights-of-way, even if major infrastructure networks are not readily available from ...

2023年1月12日 · By adopting such an approach cities can also ensure their progressing towards the 17 United Nations Sustainable Development Goals, given their strong correlation. Smart and emerging technologies such as digital twins and blockchain can help city governments develop convenient solutions to their socio-environmental challenges.

2016年9月20日 · With the UN’s Sustainable Development Goal 11 also focusing on sustainable cities and communities, sustainability is a hot topic for cities across the globe. Don't miss any update on this topic Create a free account and access your personalized content collection with our latest publications and analyses.