The green economy powers Africa forward
The statistics are impressive: Africa’s combined GDP is more than $2 trillion dollars, the continent is home to seven of the world’s fastest growing economies and 70% of the population is 25…
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A continuous editorial archive examining urban sustainability, water governance, climate resilience, infrastructure systems, digital water, circular economy transitions, and urban systems transformation since 2015.
The circular economy in Europe
In Europe there is a move towards a ‘circular economy’ where existing materials and products are reused, repaired, refurbished and recycled. In other words what was once regarded as waste can be…
San Diego developing alternative water supplies
San Diego faces numerous challenges from climate change including increased temperatures resulting in more hotter and drier days, more prolonged heat waves, and more frequent droughts reducing availability of freshwater resources. In…
The general public opinion on water and climate change
We now live in a world where there are droughts where there should not be and flooding in places that should not be either. The question is what is the general public…
Climate change, attitudes and native plants
Based on some of my experiences on native vs. non-native plants there seems to be a huge “argument” over this issue. I couldn’t figure out why. After having done research over the…
What is sustainability to me
I’ve been giving great thought to the question what is sustainability? What I would write about specifically. The common thing I feel is how we as the human species will survive in…
Social relationships for sustainable environmental solutions
Environmental interventions in low and middle income countries primarily rely directly on addressing the issue at hand. For example, alternative stoves eliminating cook-stove air pollution, boreholes provide access to water, and alternative…
Climate change and economic growth
According to PwC China and India could be by 2050 the world’s top two largest economies in terms of purchasing power parity. In the shorter-term Singapore’s United Overseas Bank (UOB) projects that…
Green Infrastructure Investment in Asia-Pacific
The Asia-Pacific region is one of the most vulnerable regions in the world to flooding. Over the period of 1986-2006 floods have claimed more than 300,000 lives, and caused an estimated damage…
Climate change, what stops people from acting?
Climate change features in our lives in some shape or form: A huge tropical storm linked to climate change, polar bears on melting arctic ice and floods or droughts on TV.