Clean Cities
World’s warming cities are making their own clouds
Natalie Theeuwes at the University of Reading in the UK studies the urban heat island, the term for what scientists have known for decades: cities tend to be hotter than surrounding countryside. She’s looked at street grids, lakes and other
Chicago’s TrashBot will clean river as a remote control game
Views on part of the Chicago River looked different after the nonprofit Urban Rivers installed its first floating garden in 2017, part of a broader rewilding effort of the manmade channel in the Lincoln Park neighborhood. Much has been done
Universities can lead the way towards zero waste
Academic institutions can act as local sustainability hubs and pioneer new ways of thinking and doing.
Boosting sustainable finance in cities could help the climate
Cities have been at the fringe of climate finance. Shifting them to the center could do a world of good.
Sweden gets serious about EV-charging highways
More people may soon be able to charge their cars on the go using the road beneath them.
A small smart city in Finland shows the way on sustainability
Kalasatama is a living experiment where innovation seeks to help achieve a vision of carbon-neutrality by 2035.