Urban Ocean
The goal of the Urban Ocean program is to work with city leaders to bring new ideas, partners and resources together to solve interrelated problems around waste management. It provides the opportunity for ocean advocates and city leaders to join forces with other allies to develop comprehensive solutions that meet ... View More
Manchester Briefing #21 – Cities for a Resilient Recovery: International lessons on recovery from COVID-19
We discuss how communication, artificial intelligence, sharing learning, and waste management play a role in response and recovery from COVID-19 ... View More
Creating Climate Resilient Cities through Safe Sanitation – World Toilet Day 2020
The COVID-19 crisis highlighted the enormous challenge of securing cities' pursuit of the 2030 Agenda in Sustainable Development Goals and Urban Resilience ... View More
Manchester Briefing #20 – Cities for a Resilient Recovery: International lessons on recovery from COVID-19
We discuss how circular economy, open-source data, and digital capacities and inequalities play a key role in response and recovery from COVID-19 ... View More
Waste Not, Want Not – How Cities Are Pursuing a Circular Economy
Cities generated 2.01 billion tons of solid waste in 2016, a number that is projected by the World Bank to climb to 3.4 billion tons in 2050, driven by rapid urbanization and expanding urban wealth. Too much waste creates health concerns and degrades the environment. It also represents a significant ... View More
Cities on the Frontline Speaker Series: Sharing Knowledge to Respond with Resilience
Share Coronavirus Speaker Series: Sharing Knowledge to Respond with Resilience is a weekly session organized by the Global Resilient Cities Network and the World Bank as a knowledge sharing session for cities in response to the rapidly evolving COVID-19 situation. 32. Role of Resilience: What Have We Learned? We recaptured ... View More
We cannot afford to wait
As we fight this pandemic globally, climate change remains one of the world’s top challenges. In a world facing climate change and a global health crisis, clean water, safe sanitation, and improved hygiene has never been more important ... View More
Resilient Waste Management Community
Cities have long grappled with waste management systems, with COVID-19 further exposing vulnerabilities and increasing the risk of system failure. The Community of Practice on Resilient Waste Management is a space to exchange, share, and develop information on how cities can use a resilience lens to develop more sustainable waste ... View More
