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Heat planning for climate neutrality

Heat planning for climate neutrality

The City of Berlin is converting its heat supply to a climate-neutral system. It is using the strategic approach of heat planning and involves all relevant stakeholders in the process. Transforming the city's heat supply through strategic planning and collaborative stakeholder engagement.
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Curitiba’s Urban Agriculture Programme

Curitiba’s Urban Agriculture Programme

A green revolution to address food security and climate change
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State of the Global Climate 2024

State of the Global Climate 2024

Key climate change indicators again reach record levels
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Digital Citymakers' Summit 2025: Panel Discussion and Network Sessions

Digital Citymakers' Summit 2025: Panel Discussion and Network Sessions

Find out more about the Digital Citymakers' Summit 2025 Panel Discussion and Network Sessions
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Urban Green Heart Programme

Urban Green Heart Programme

Ecology Priority and Green Development
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Known Foreign Contribution Laws

Known Foreign Contribution Laws

Foreign Funding or Foreign Influence: The New Weapon Against Dissent
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Citizens’ Observatories in Bogota, Colombia
Bogotá, Colombia

Citizens’ Observatories in Bogota, Colombia

Citizens’ Observatories are collaborative spaces where citizens voluntarily participate in a public request and accountability process, based on the implementation of the “District and Local Administration Follow-up Tool”.
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Zero Waste Program
Bogotá, Colombia

Zero Waste Program

The Zero Waste Program aims to reduce waste and increase recycling by formalization of the labour force and the introduction of education and training programs for workers and the community.
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eThekwini Communal Ablution Blocks for Informal Settlements
Durban, South Africa

eThekwini Communal Ablution Blocks for Informal Settlements

In 2004, the municipality initiated the community ablution blocks (CABs) programme to provide communal water and sanitation facilities to un-served informal settlements in the urban and peri-urban areas of eThekwini.
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The CHAOS Challenge
Oulu, Finland

The CHAOS Challenge

The City of Oulu has developed a community-driven model for generating and testing creative solutions to city problems.
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Climate, Air and Energy Territorial Plan
Grand Lyon, France

Climate, Air and Energy Territorial Plan

A collaborative roadmap for sustainable development
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Integrated Community Based Solid Waste Management
Cairo, Egypt

Integrated Community Based Solid Waste Management

The Qalyubeya Governate aims to improve waste collection services in the Egyptian cities of Khosoos and Khanka, while simultaneously advancing the working conditions of the informal workforce who provide collection services.
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Moscow, Russia

Berdakh Raziev

Individual | Economist
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Gijon, Spain

Pedro Lopez

Individual | IT Manager
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Montréal, Canada

Guillaume Longchamps

Individual | Urban planning advisor - Team leader
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Reza Kay

Individual | IT Admin
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Islamabad, Pakistan

Masroor AHMAD

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Detlef Cwojdzinski
Berlin, Germany

Detlef Cwojdzinski

Individual | Katastrophenschutzreferent
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