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Huế is testing small, low-cost fixes for heat and flooding

Huế is testing small, low-cost fixes for heat and flooding

A historic Vietnamese city is testing small, low-cost green projects, from a converted riverside plot to a greened schoolyard, to cope with rising heat and flooding.
GreenCityLabHuế: Nature-based solutions for low-cost climate adaptation

GreenCityLabHuế: Nature-based solutions for low-cost climate adaptation

A historic Vietnamese city is testing low-cost green projects to cope with rising heat and flooding, repeating by design what its old town once did by instinct.
RUMBOS: Advancing Health and Economic Empowerment for Women Recyclers in Cuenca, Ecuador

RUMBOS: Advancing Health and Economic Empowerment for Women Recyclers in Cuenca, Ecuador

In Cuenca, women waste pickers keep the city's recycling system running, often at the cost of their own health. RUMBOS worked with them to change that, through research, cooperative-building and policy change.

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UTOPÍAS
Mexico City, Mexico

UTOPÍAS

Transforming urban peripheries by regenerating public spaces
Buenos Aires, Argentina

La Fábrica

a self-management model, which promotes community-led housing and participation
Andernach – The Edible City
Andernach, Germany

Andernach – The Edible City

Not only is the city of Andernach creating more quality in public spaces, but with useful plants and extensive greening measures, it is providing a healthy town climate and promoting crop plant diversity while providing a welcome change in the menu for its citizens into the bargain.
Athens, Greece

SynAthina: a social innovation platform

Citizens, policy-makers and private sector representatives come together to build a collaborative, grassroots vision for change in Athens.
Ljubljana, Slovenia

Co-creating for better co-existing

An inclusive approach to urban renewal
Gijon, Spain

Knowledge Society - citizen participation and open government strategy

Gijon City Council in Spain has responded to the need for greater efficiency, transparency and participatory democracy by implementing a digital platform enabling residents to share responsibility for governing and managing the city.

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Juan Pablo Garcia
Barcelona (ciudad), Spain

Juan Pablo Garcia

Individual | Chief Services Officer and Founder
Glasgow, United Kingdom

Sruti Modekurty

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Localizing the SDGs
Brussels Capital Region, Belgium

Localizing the SDGs

Institution | Knowledge and sharing platform
Gabriela Callejas
São Paulo, Brazil

Gabriela Callejas

Individual | Urban designer, planner and architect
Moscow, Russia

Pulat Saidov

Individual | manager
Carlos Alonso
Mexico City, Mexico

Carlos Alonso

Individual | Head of Monitoring and Evaluation, Resilience Agency of Mexico City