Resilience is the capacity to withstand, prepare for, recover from, and adapt following disruption. It is a central tenet of the Sustainable Development Goals, from safe settlements and built ...
World Bank Tokyo Development Learning Center, in partnership with the Quality Infrastructure Investment (QII) Partnership and the Sustainable City Infrastructure and Services Global Solutions Group, ...
Bhutan has launched a project to enhance urban flood resilience of its urban infrastructure, aiming to protect lives, livelihoods, and build liveable cities that are inclusive, sustainable and ...
Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Gaurav Sharma is a London-based analyst who covers energy & ESG. Urban planners and stakeholders must redouble their efforts to ...
WASHINGTON, September 29, 2022 – The World Bank has approved US$200 million in financing from the International Development Association (IDA) to support Benin’s goal of improving access to ...
Rising global sea levels, driven by the greenhouse effect, now pose an irreversible threat to coastal cities. Prof. Xiao Lin ZHAO, Chair Professor of Civil Infrastructure of the Department of Civil ...
High-level discussion among DFIs and city leaders lays the groundwork for new solutions to increase investment in resilient, ...
NEW DELHI, July 22 (Reuters) - India needs to invest more than $2.4 trillion by 2050 to build climate-resilient urban infrastructure, as its fast-expanding cities face growing challenges from extreme ...
Local decision-makers looking for ways to reduce the impact of heat waves on their communities have a valuable new capability at their disposal: a new study on vegetation resilience. Scientists ...
This commentary was originally published by the Italian Institute for International Political Studies on May 16, 2024. Cities are thirsty places. By their very nature, cities concentrate the water ...