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Green Cities, a pathway for agrifood systems transformation in the urban agenda
10/03/2023
Webcast on the Brussels Briefing on Green Cities, a pathway for agrifood systems transformation in the urban agenda.
As the pace of urbanization quickens in Asia-Pacific, so too does the threat of urban food insecurity – UN agencies report
24/01/2023
Asia’s cities are growing at such a fast pace that nearly 55 percent of the region’s enormous population is expected to reside in urban areas by 2030
Leveraging urban and local agrifood systems for sustainable transformation
20/01/2023
Urban greenery helps avert multiple crises for dryland cities, FAO report shows
21/12/2022
Rapidly expanding cities in very dry parts of the world must be turned into "green urban oases" to ensure they become both healthier places to live...
Changing the urban landscape. Greening city living
01/10/2022
For most of human history, people around the world lived in small communities. However, over the past few centuries – and particularly in recent decades...
Urban trees: more than just a pretty face
29/10/2021
Trees are the lungs, liver and beating heart of the world’s cities, and they are fundamental to creating healthy, liveable and sustainable cities around...
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Food and the city: Growing our urban future
02/09/2021
In Milan’s central district of Porta Nuova, the eye soars to absorb the Bosco verticale, or Vertical Forest – a pair of high-rise condominiums...
The Arbor Day Foundation and FAO recognise 120 Tree Cities of the World
30/03/2021
The Arbor Day Foundation, along with the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), today announced the cities recognised through...
Five ways to make cities healthier and more sustainable
16/09/2020
Over half of the world’s population now lives in cities. With that number expected to rise to 68 percent by 2050, urbanisation is one of the world’s...