Cities face ‘whiplash’ of floods, droughts as temperatures rise, study warns
Singapore Reuters The weather in some of the world’s most densely populated cities is swinging from droughts to floods and back again as rising temperatures play havoc with the global water cycle, a study commissioned by the charity WaterAid showed on Wednesday. South and South-East Asia face the strongest wetting trends, while Europe, the Middle […]
Adapt or die: Bangladesh joins the race to climate-proof cities
MD TAHMID ZAMI, of Context, reports that Bangladesh’s congested capital Dhaka has joined the ranks of South Asian cities drawing up plans to prepare for a hotter, wetter future…
Heatwave response: In a boiling world, chief heat officers battle ‘silent killer’
With heatwaves roasting cities, chief heat officers try to protect people from temperatures so high “the body can’t cool down”. ANASTASIA MOLONEY, of the Thomson Reuters Foundation, reports…
A Sustainable Life: If you’ve got a dark roof, you’re spending almost $A700 extra a year to keep your house cool
Writing in the Australian context, SEBASTIAN PFAUTSCH and RICCARDO PAOLINI, in an article first published on The Conversation, look at the impact dark rooves can have on power costs…
“Where the rubber meets the road”: US cities start racism reparations as national efforts languish
After decades of stalled attempts in Congress at redress for slavery or structural racism, dozens of local efforts are now moving forward. CAREY L BIRON, of Thomson Reuters Foundation, reports…
City limits: Pakistan’s poor return to villages as prices spiral
As Pakistan’s cost-of-living crisis deepens, some poor families leave cities to eke out cheaper existences in village homes. ZOFEEN T EBRAHIM and WAQAR MUSTAFA, of Thomson Reuters Foundation, report…
India’s migrant millions: Caught between jobless villages and city hazards
KRISHN KAUSHIK and JOSEPH CAMPBELL, of Reuters, report…
Essay: 15-minute cities – how to separate the reality from the conspiracy theory
Town planning academics ALEX NURSE, ALESSIA CALAFIORE and RICHARD J DUNNING – in an article first published on The Conversation, look at what 15-minutes cities are really about…
Essay: The era of the megalopolis – how the world’s cities are merging
In an article first published on The Conversation, JAMES CHESHIRE and MICHAEL BATTY look at the rise of mega-cities…
Extreme heat: How ‘chief heat officers’ keep cities cool as the world warms
ANASTASIA MOLONEY, of Thomson Reuters Foundation, reports on how more and more cities are creating the new role as hotter summers cause surging health problems and economic pain in urban areas…