As the world becomes increasingly urban, cities will shape the lives of billions of people – including both people living in cities, and residents of rural areas that will be shaped by the ways cities use natural resources. The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), a...
As 2020 rolled in, Twitter users leveraged a trend of capturing #2019InFiveWords to document the urgency of climate action. The UN noted that “#ClimateChange is happening NOW,” citing the forest and bush fires that blazed around the world as one example of how...
Next week, Jan. 21-24, world leaders will meet in Davos, Switzerland for the World Economic Forum’s Annual Meeting, which is themed “Stakeholders for a Cohesive and Sustainable World.” This marks the first time that the annual convening has chosen to focus on...
The Guggenheim Museum in the City of Bilbao, Spain, is one of the most iconic buildings of modern architecture. Coiled along the Nervion river under the Basque country sun, it is a writhing, breathtaking contortion of titanium, stone, and glass, all polish and sheen,...
Hanoi – a city typically known for its charming Old Quarter and mouth-watering pho – has recently attracted attention for a different reason: poor air quality. On September 29, the U.S. Embassy’s monitoring station in Hanoi registered hourly Air Quality Index (AQI)...
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