May 18 2016
Perspective
What and who makes a city resilient?
The march is on to Quito, the beautiful capital of Ecuador, where global citizens, activists, and leaders will descend later this year to decide …
May 18 2016
Press Releases
City Resilience Index (CRI) Offers Leaders a Comprehensive Analysis of Capabilities and Vulnerabilities LONDON—Today, The Rockefeller Foundation and Arup introduced the City Resilience Index (CRI), the first-ever comprehensive tool to help …
May 12 2016
Perspective
Anyone reading this has their own story to tell about food waste. One of the first lessons we are taught—wherever in the world we call home—is "don't waste food." And …
May 05 2016
Perspective
I am a farmer with forty years of hard-won experience. I have made my share of mistakes, mainly because I thought our landscapes were bulletproof and our resources were super-resilient. …
May 03 2016
Perspective
As soon as I arrived in Ethiopia's Tigray region I could already feel the dust in the air.
While it's widely reported that the effects of this season's El Niño are …
Apr 13 2016
Perspective
A version of this post originally appeared on 100 Resilient Cities. Building urban resilience is most effective when women have integral roles in the process, but too often they are excluded …
Apr 04 2016
Perspective
Located in rural Uttar Pradesh, Shivpura is a village where clean drinking water has been scarce. When TARA Urja, an Energy Service Company (ESCO), started operating a 30-KW solar power …
Apr 01 2016
Vietnam is a country being affected by increasingly severe climate change. This is particularly
evident in the increase in average temperature and heat waves, which have increased both in
intensity and maximum …
Climate
Apr 01 2016
In the context of climate change occurring and causing numerous effects all over the world, the related increase in temperature is impacting people's livelihood and also production activities. Workers in …
Climate
Apr 01 2016
Perspective
When the United Nations asked the world to contribute priorities for the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)—the most ambitious international development agenda of our time—8.5 million people made their voices heard. The …