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The Green Cities Initiative – In my Green City
14/10/2025
In this delightful video, eight people aged between 6 and 18 years share their experiences and ideas of what life in a sustainable, just and green city...
The Green Cities Initiative - A virtual Green Cities walk
11/10/2025
This inspiring video, produced by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)’s Green Cities Initiative, blends real-life footage...
The Green Cities Initiative – In Action for Africa
11/10/2025
By 2050, two-thirds of the world’s population will live in cities. Africa’s cities are growing fast, but so are the challenges. Through urban forestry,...
Life in a green city
22/07/2024
This video explains the experience of living in a city which supports FAO’s Green Cities Initiative which aims to transform urban and peri-urban areas...
How African cities are becoming greener and more sustainable
16/01/2023
To build a better, healthier future, cities must become greener and more sustainable. In Africa, the FAO Green Cities Initiative supported 30 cities...
Building a resilient future: The Green Cities Initiative
11/11/2022
Cities are facing major challenges. If we don’t transform cities now, these will only get worse in the future. FAO launched the Green Cities Initiative...
Green cities for all
14/10/2021
Imagine a city that nobody cares about… No green spaces. No clean air. No life. Our actions can make cities greener, more sustainable, and kinder on...
The FAO Green Cities Initiative
01/01/2021
The FAO Green Cities Initiative focuses on improving the urban environment, strengthening urban-rural linkages and the resilience of urban systems,...
Promoting Blue Ports in Vigo, Spain and around the world
01/01/2020
The Galician city of Vigo is Europe's largest fishing port. The Vigo port has been working to create a vibrant Blue Port, with an eye to stimulating...
How will we prepare our towns and cities for a sustainable future?
02/01/2019
Our cities are growing faster than ever before. By 2050, 68% of the world’s population is expected to live in urban areas. We need to work together...
Strengthening Food Systems Through City to City Cooperation: The experience of Cabo Verde
01/01/2019
FAO City to City Cooperation initiative launched a pilot project in 2017 allowing Dakar (Senegal) to share its techniques on micro gardens with Douala...
