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Projects & Programs

WBC 2020 | Finalists

Mar 09, 2020

Wellbeing Cities Award 2020 – Meet our 20 Finalists Curitiba, BrazilProject: Vale do Pinhão Bogotá’s initiative The Vale do Pinhão initiative is an ecosystem of innovative programs that promote urban requalification and cultivate sustainable economic growth. By incorporating partners of different sectors and across subsections of Curitiba, the project affects citizens’ lives at various entry…
Events

Leading by Example: Implementing the SDGs in Canada

Feb 11, 2020

Victoria Conference Centre – Victoria, Canada  March 10-11, 2020 March 10, 2020 9:00-9:10 Welcome RemarksNewCities & The Victoria Foundation 9:10-9:30 Land Acknowledgement & Opening Keynote by Local Titleholder: Putting the SDGs in ContextJackie Albany, Councillor, Songhees NationRon Rice, Executive Director, Victoria Native Friendship Centre 9:30-9:45 Keynote: Welcome to VictoriaLisa Helps, Mayor, City of Victoria 9:45-10:40 Opening…
Events

Leading by Example: Implementing the SDGs in Canada

Feb 04, 2020

Victoria Conference Centre – Victoria, Canada  March 10-11, 2020 Speakers Paola ArdilesCo-Founder, Bridge For Health Coop Alexa BlainCo-Founder and Managing Partner, Deetken Impact Abram BenedictGrand Chief, Mohawk Council of Akwesasne David A. BennettDirector, Communications and External Relations, FortisBC Energy Inc. George BensonCo-founder, Climate Migrants and Refugees Project Andrew ChunilallCEO, Community Foundations Canada Charlis ClappisPresident, Board of…
The Big Picture

The Case for Higher Ground

Jan 30, 2020

By Jason Bird, Adam Hosking & James A. Moore Denial is not a resilience strategy. But when it comes to managing change — and especially climate change — we’re more likely to stick our heads in the proverbial sand, maintaining and protecting the status quo, than acknowledging and planning for the inevitable rising tides. That,…

Climate Migration

Jan 28, 2020

For this Big Picture, presented by Jacobs, we hear from cities and regions preparing to receive an impending generation of climate migrants. The contributors envision what new, more resilient, and equitable districts might look like on higher ground, as we learn that not every risk can be mitigated. Creative Writing

How to Rethink City Construction to Stop the Ticking Clock?

Jan 28, 2020

70% of the world’s population will be living in towns and cities by 2050. They already consume two-thirds of the world’s energy and are responsible for 70% of greenhouse gas emissions. With climate change already affecting urban areas worldwide, cities are now potential disaster victims and must find solutions to tackle tomorrow’s challenges. Sustainability isn’t…

Climate Change and Human Mobility

Jan 28, 2020

“Open your eyes and look within:
 Are you satisfied with the life you’re living?
 We know where we’re going;
 We know where we’re from.
 We’re leaving Babylon, y’all!
 We’re going to our Father’s land.” Exodus – Bob Marley Beyond the Book of Exodus reference in Marley’s song, the term exodus has a broader context in…
The Big Picture

Environmental Security, Cities, and International Order

Jan 24, 2020

Climate-fueled natural disasters, whether flooding from extreme rainfall, prolonged drought, monster storms, or suffocating heatwaves, impact the world’s cities and the international system alike. Climate’s impacts upon cities and the international system are closely interwoven and any serious conversation about urban climate resilience should include its international and transboundary dimensions. Environmental security provides a frame…
The Big Picture

“Hoping for the Best” is Not a Strategy

Jan 24, 2020

With the increasing severity and frequency of flood events across Canada, it is clear that a small number of homes and neighbourhoods will face risks that are untenable. Repeated reconstruction of chronically flood-prone homes makes little sense, given the high public and human costs involved. In such circumstances, property buy-outs and relocation to safer ground…