Building a climate ready Boston
With Boston under threat from climate change, the city has released its Climate Ready Boston Report that will guide Bostonians towards a more resilient future. As the century progresses, Boston is likely…
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A focused section of the long-running Mark and Focus publication record.
A climate-ready city one drop at a time
Cities consume around 75% of the world’s energy and produce more that 76% of all carbon emissions. While cities are major contributors to climate change they are at the same time highly…
Sydney’s water blueprint
Cities across the globe face long-term challenges from the direct and indirect impacts of climate change and environmental degradation. In light of this, many cities are implementing resilience strategies to ensure that…
A Blue and Green Hong Kong
with priority given to greening, biodiversity and aesthetic improvements in addition to ensuring effective drainage. With Blue-Green Infrastructure – blue refers to rivers and water bodies while green refers to greening landscapes…
Dublin becoming a climate smart city
The definition of a ‘smart city’ varies across people and sectors. One definition from the UK’s Department of Business, Innovation and Skills is that through which citizen engagement, hard infrastructure, social capital…
I am Amsterdam Rainproof
(WSUD) principles to manage water sustainably and be resilient to climate change. What is WSUD? The International Water Association has officially launched The IWA Principles for Water Wise Cities that outlines a…
Urban Green Spaces as Adaptive Measures to Flooding
Management of freshwater resources as well as coping with increasing natural disasters like flooding are issues currently plaguing cities across the globe. The higher frequency in extreme events like storms with a…
Europe’s transboundary flood risk management plans
In 2007, the European Union’s Flood Directive entered into force requiring Member States to assess if all water courses and coastlines are at risk from flooding, to map the flood extent and…
Copenhagen becoming a resilient and sustainable city
On August 2nd 2015, 193 countries agreed to the next set of development goals, which will seek to end poverty, achieve gender equality and ensure resource security in every corner of the…