A comprehensive UN report has found that cities and towns are home to 81 per cent of the world’s population, much more than ...

Urban gardens are extraordinarily powerful tools that can improve food security, lower temperatures, and create invaluable ...

Cities hold up to 40% of the emissions reduction potential needed to meet the climate target set in the Paris Agreement.

Forty-five per cent of the 8.2 billion people on the planet live in cities, which is only going to increase as the world ...

Americans spent more time stuck in traffic in 2024 than ever before, losing an average of 63 hours to congestion, according to the Texas A&M Transportation Institute’s 2025 Urban Mobility Report.

Curitiba and other cities in Brazil are helping residents to establish urban gardens to restore ecosystems, boost food ...

Copenhagen ranks seventh in the 2025 Smart City Index. The Danish capital’s goal of becoming the world’s first carbon-neutral ...

More than half of the global population and about 80% of the U.S. population lives in cities — and faces higher heat risks. The entire planet is warming due to human-caused climate change, but the ...

Climate change is impacting urban areas especially hard, and densely populated cities are suffering the most. The urban heat island effect means that city temperatures can be several degrees higher ...

Many developed nations are facing the simultaneous aging of infrastructure built during periods of rapid economic growth. Japan has reached a critical turning point where numerous buildings and ...