WRI Ross Center for Sustainable Cities’ Post

I love learning about the success stories of our annual #PrizeForCities awardees, whose work supports people, nature, and climate. Check out this year's finalists!

⭐ Meet five incredible change-makers in urban innovation. Check out the five finalists of the WRI Ross Center Prize for Cities!

⭐ Five finalists for the 2023-2024 WRI Ross Center Prize for Cities unveiled! The WRI Ross Center for Sustainable Cities unveiled the outstanding projects last week. Following a year of record-breaking temperatures, WRI selected the theme of “Accelerating Momentum for Climate-Ready Communities,” seeking initiatives addressing the magnitude and urgency of the climate crisis by increasing the speed, scope or scale of action to create inclusive, climate-ready cities. Meet the finalists below: 🌱 Rodrigo Bueno: Climate-Resilient Housing (Buenos Aires, Argentina) 🌱 Kham River Restoration Initiative (Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar, India) 🌱 Re-Ciclo (Fortaleza, Brazil) 🌱 Green Community Schoolyards (New York City, United States) 🌱 The Climate Budget (Oslo, Norway). This cycle’s Prize submissions reveal a diverse global community committed to creating a climate-ready urban future. It is promising to see the power of project-driven strategies and smart urban policies, having impact for system change. 💡 Stay tuned for the grand prize winner this fall. #climateresilience #cities #urban

Join the next #UrbanLunchTalk to learn alternative ways of using spaces in neighbourhoods to facilitate circularity practices. 📅 17 June ⏰ 12:00-13:00 (CEST) 📍 Online (Zoom) 🔗 Register https://lnkd.in/d7a6cN3y The conversation will draw on 3 case studies from a recent DUT publication: 1️⃣ Transition to Sharing A Platform to Support Social Sharing in Sege Park Neighbourhood, by Annita Douka  2️⃣ Infrastructures “in Between” Placemaking To Support Circular Behavior With Regenerative Potential, by Diego Luna Quintanilla 3️⃣ Regenerative Urbanism and Social Heritage Learnings From Two Case Studies in Small-Sized Municipalities in Italy, by Elena Giunta 📖 Read the publication https://lnkd.in/dzTBeZbg #urbanplanning #socialinnovation #capacitybuilding #sustainablecities #communitybuilding #circularity

How current digital technologies impact in our lifes? We give the answer to this question in the ZIGURAT Master's in Global Smart Cities, about how we life, work and enjoy in our cities and overall built environments 👇

SUSTAINABLE URBAN MOBILITY The sustainable urban mobility project, driven by design thinking and a team with diverse skills and shared values, aims to address pressing challenges in urban environments through innovative, inclusive, and community-engaged solutions, fostering sustainability, social equity, and resilience for future generations. #UrbanMobilitySolutions #SustainableCities #CommunityEngagement #InnovationInTransport #SocialEquityInUrbanism

Join us on Tuesday, 5th March 2024 in our virtual event to launch our recently published first iteration of the Urban Benchmark’s methodology. The World Benchmarking Alliance (WBA) has developed the organization’s first iteration of the methodology, to measure and track how the world’s most influential companies operating in urban spaces are helping to make cities more inclusive, safe, resilient and environmentally sustainable, as mandated by the SDGs and NUA. The first iteration of the Urban Benchmark methodology is designed to scope what actions companies have taken towards contributing to the SDGs, to inform further actions on how this could translate to a more sustainable urban environment. The virtual launch session is designed to inform stakeholders and companies on: 1.      Underlying thinking behind the Urban Benchmark’s methodology 2.      Thematic areas of focus; industry and company selection process, and 3.      Expected timeline; research process, timeline, and estimated release date of research results Please confirm your attendance for the virtual launch of the Urban Benchmark’s methodology by filling in the following form: https://lnkd.in/gkDJ2u5x, so we may send you reminders of this event.

Looking forward to present the results of our mapping exercise of European city practices in circular urban transition for Driving Urban Transitions Partnership. And reflect on challenges and potential further steps with urban circularity experts! Kind invitation to join the webinar on the 4th of July 👇 #DUT #circularurbantransition #SwecoSweden #SwecoBelgium

Did you miss the webinar on Circular Urban Planning which we organized during the #nordiccircularsummit? You can watch the recording of the seminar now. 🙂 👇🏻 #circular #urbanplanning #nordics #thenetherlands

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