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Parks are an asset, not a drain on resources

Parks and open spaces are arguably the most universal of all public services, used by ...

Energy Features Highways Regeneration Transport Transport & Highways

Q&A with Ian Gardner, global energy leader at Arup

A new report by the international engineering firm Arup has called on local leaders to ...

Energy Waste and Recycling

Renewable energy capacity overtakes coal

The International Energy Agency (IEA) says that the world’s capacity to generate electricity from renewable ...

Features Highways Transport Transport & Highways Water

One city’s response to flood prevention

The city council in Sheffield, my home city, is consulting on its flood prevention strategy. In ...

UN Habitat III summit aims to shape future urban living

UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon has called on city leaders to make ‘tough decisions’ in ...

Pollution

UN moves to ban ‘fastest growing’ greenhouse gases

Cooling chemicals that play a key role in refrigeration and air conditioning are likely to ...

Energy Pollution

UK government ‘short’ on climate target

The UK’s official advisers have issued a sombre assessment of government plans to hold climate ...

Features Pollution Waste Waste and Recycling

Norwich’s drive to become a plastic-free city

Members on Norwich City Council last month unanimously supported a Green Party motion, which called ...

Energy

‘Significant opportunities’ for low-carbon cities

Switching to a low-carbon economy offers cities ‘significant economic opportunities’, an assessment says. Low-carbon markets ...

Features Regeneration

Biodiversity as a planning tool

Once viewed as the whim of environmentalists, biodiversity has become ingrained in the way the ...