More than 65% of the world's population are projected to live in urban areas by 2050, with major implications resource use, energy, water and sanitation, and health and well-being. At the same time urbanization can bring benefits, especially efficiency gains. SEI examines these challenges in the round to advance sustainable urbanization.
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Past event / The Policy Lab will explore pathways to incorporate NbS in urban planning and governance to address urgent climate, development, and biodiversity issues.
Perspective / This perspective argues that Europe must reimagine policy approaches for disaster risk reduction to cope with summers of fires, floods and high temperatures.
Media coverage / Bang Kachao is a target of developers leading to land use conflicts between commercial developers and environmental conservation groups.
Past event / This virtual side event aimed to assess the performance of existing circular economy strategies in cities from Latin America, China and Europe.
Media coverage / SEI Africa director Philp Osano told a policy dialogue on air quality management in Tanzania that over 900,000 death occur in Africa due to air pollution
Journal article / Adopting citizen science methods, researchers used questionnaires and breathing tests to investigate the impact of air pollution on Nairobian schoolchildren.
Project / Exploring the feasibility of citizen science to improve WASH conditions in two districts of Mexico City.
Feature / These policy briefs are a contribution to T20 India, an "idea bank" designed to inform and inspire policy discussions at this year's G20 Summit.
Past event / This policy dialogue brings together stakeholders to discuss the status of air pollution and propose strategies to improve air quality in Tanzania.
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