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Asia Resilient Cities

Partnering with city leaders and residents to create more resilient and livable environments. Status: Active Key Documents: Asia Resilient Cities One Pager Issues: Urban Resilience Energy and Environment Infrastructure View Project Website Overview The USAID-funded Asia Resilient Cities (ARC) Project will… Read More

Urban Development Media Scan – 24 February 2017

Here are the recent urban development media items: USAID USAID Launches Municipal Waste Recycling Program in Southeast Asia (2/17/2017) Event: New Urban Perspectives: Climate Change, Refugees, and Planning Call for Proposals: Smart Solutions for Adaptable Communities and… Read More

Circulate Capital Increases its Commitment to Indonesia Plastic Pollution Prevention with New Investment into Reciki’s Optimized Material Recovery Solution

Cross-posted from Circulate Captial Singapore, 14 December 2021: Circulate Capital, the Singapore-based investment management firm that finances innovations, companies, and infrastructure to prevent ocean plastic and climate change by advancing the circular economy, today announced that the Circulate Capital Ocean Fund (CCOF) is investing in Reciki… Read More

Interactive Data and Visualization Tools

Millennial Cities is an interactive web mapping site that provides access to important maps, data, and web mapping applications related to climate change, social justice, the environment, and more. Read More

Urban Development Media Scan – 10 August 2017

USAID Urban Resilience Planning for Secondary African Cities: A Case Study of Mozambique Global Sprawl Can Be Beautiful—if Cities Learn to Manage Growth (8/10/2017) Source: Bloomberg Heatwave in the megacity – the spectre of urban climate change (8/5/2017) Source: New Statesman How technology is helping cities… Read More

Urban Development Media Scan – 27 July 2017

USAID Urban Resilience Planning for Secondary African Cities: A Case Study of Mozambique Global Cities set the pace on fighting poverty, climate change but who will pay? (7/25/2017) Source: Reuters These preparations can help cities ease the impacts of migration (7/24/2017) Source: Citiscope The Future of… Read More

USAID Presents on Circular Economy at APEC Webinar

Recently, USAID Senior Urban and Ocean Plastics Specialist, Clare Romanik, was a featured speaker during an Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) webinar on land-based waste management. Malaysia, in collaboration with the Malaysian Green Technology & Climate Change Centre and Ocean Conservancy,  invited Ms. Romanik to present how USAID and its… Read More

Progress Toward Financing Urban Infrastructure

Progress Toward Financing Urban Infrastructure  An Update on the C40 Cities Finance Facility March 30 | Danielle Miley Photo: Eric Dorrejo | USAID Planning for Climate Adaptation Program | Dominican Republic We’ve all heard the numbers – the global infrastructure investment needed to… Read More

USAID Announces New Programs to Protect Our Ocean

USAID Press Release April 14, 2022 The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) announced 24 initiatives to protect our ocean at the Our Ocean Conference 2022 in Palau. The ocean sustains all life on Earth, regulates our climate and weather, generates half of the planet’s oxygen, and… Read More

Urban October

7 Ways USAID is supporting local and urban governance to build safer, climate resilient, and more sustainable cities The majority of the world lives in cities. When USAID was founded in 1961, roughly 34% of the world’s population lived in urban areas. By 2030, that figure… Read More