CAPE TOWN, June 20 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - In the next 30 years, cities around the world will face dramatically higher risks from extreme heat, coastal flooding, power blackouts, and food and ...

Burnaby is officially planning ahead. On December 9, the city council adopted Burnaby 2050, a new official community plan that sets the direction for how the city will grow, change, and hopefully keep ...

The latest research from leading institutions paints a sobering picture of America's coastal future. 3 m by 2050, increasing ...

NEW DELHI- A report from the World Bank, released on July 22 in collaboration with India’s urban development ministry, states that India needs to invest over $2.4 trillion in climate-resilient urban ...

A growing number of Michigan cities are tackling climate change at the local level, developing plans that address everything from greenhouse gas emissions to food waste, though some might require ...

A global coalition of cities, healthcare companies and researchers released a report showing how climate action can save 725,000 lives a year and cut healthcare costs by $70 billion. Rising chronic ...

The Charlotte Office of Sustainability and Resilience is updating its Strategic Energy Action Plan, or SEAP. The plan includes climate action goals, such as cutting carbon emissions from the city’s ...

With climate change discussions echoing across the globe, the startling reality is that some of the world's most vibrant cities could be entirely underwater by 2050. Rising sea levels, driven by ...

Empowering India’s smaller cities and making them able to weather the worsening effects of climate change will be imperative as CO₂ emissions continue to rise. India’s urbanization trajectory is set ...