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Around the world, C40 mayors and the cities they lead are taking ambitious and urgent climate action, working together to build a more sustainable, resilient and equitable future. While shifting patterns of food consumption is a relatively new field for most city governments, cities have the innovation and ambition necessary to...

The report first evaluates the dynamics between urbanisation and green spaces, and second, explores the potential of green spaces to boost the resilience and sustainability of cities in the future. The results show that as urban agglomerations become larger and more compact, green spaces disappear, exacerbating their vulnerability to climate...

Developing and maintaining healthy retail food environments and green spaces isof the utmost and pressing importance in urban centres. To this end, it is crucial to provide cities with tools to assess the availability, accessibility and use of food outlets and green spaces that facilitate healthy eating and living for...

This report evaluates how and when forests – inside, near and far away from cities – contribute to health and well-being, water security, climate change mitigation, and biodiversity conservation benefits for cities and their residents. As city leaders face demands from growing urban populations, coupled with the impacts of a...

Globally, over three million people migrate to cities each week looking for work opportunities or to join their families. By 2050, over two-thirds of the global population is expected to live in urban areas. The city of Dakar in Senegal has also faced this unprecedented population increase in the last...