Development

Breaking Barriers: Financing the Low-Carbon Transition

Tackling climate change and building a global green economy is the opportunity of our time.…

Rawabi: The New Palestinian City

There is a time to rejoice, and a time to resist – Rawabi is doing…

The Powerstep Solution

The power of wastewater is underestimated; household wastewater contains a lot of organic matter that…

Urban Forests Make Cities More Sustainable

By 2050, it is estimated that cities will host an additional 2.5 billion urban dwellers.…

#wood4climate

Europe is moving towards better and greater climate action on forests inside and outside the…

Back to the Future

Cities should prioritize people over cars and make way for their citizens once again. In…

Unlocking Capital for Energy Access

One of the major challenges today is how to expand access to energy to every…

Making Our Cities Sustainable: Building With Wood

With forecasts predicting that 75% of the world’s population will be living in urban areas…

Give Music a Chance

Most of us recycle our glass, paper and plastic, or at least we try… Some…

City of Trees: Growing More Trees for Greater Manchester

The ground-breaking movement aims to plant three million trees; one for every man, woman and…

A Testimony of Water Challenges in South-East Asia

Urban growth, temperature rise and melting glaciers threaten river deltas around the world. Southeast Asia…

Investing in Water Around the Mena

There is a looming water crisis that is beginning to manifest itself in very serious…

Africa’s Sustainable Bioenergy Potential

Certified sustainable bioenergy production in Africa is feasible and necessary. Sierra Leone and many other…

On Sustainable Consumption and Production

Economic and social development over the last century was achieved through intensive, inefficient and unsustainable…

Croatia’s Road to Joining the EU

After 10 years of negotiations, Croatia becomes the second former-Yugoslav state (after Slovenia) to join…

Mini, Smart & Super Grids

Europe’s electricity demand is expected to double or triple by 2050 while the European Union…

Ghana: West Africa’s Emerging Renewables Hub

With over 75% of the primary energy coming from its own renewable resources, at first…

Urban Vertical Farming

The number of buildings in Europe exceeds the current and future needs of its population.…

Vilnius: Amongst Sacred Trees

The capital of Lithuania is not a big city – Vilnius has a population of…
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