#coronavirus

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How cities can add accessible green space in a post-coronavirus world

The COVID-19 pandemic has forced governments to weigh the benefits of keeping green spaces open against the public health (...)

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Life in lockdown has shown us our houses need to work harder for us

As we’ve been living more closely with families and house mates through COVID-19, the more intensive ways we’ve used our (...)

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EIT Climate-KIC launches Call for Proposals to support post-COVID-19 green recovery

EIT Climate-KIC’s ‘Extraordinary Post COVID-19 Regeneration Call 2020’ will select projects and programmes with the potential (...)

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The future of cities in the face of twin crises

Before January this year, many people around the world had never heard of Wuhan. Today, this Chinese megacity – population (...)

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Coronavirus: we're in a real-time laboratory of a more sustainable urban future

A pause has been forced on urban life. Quiet roads, empty skies, deserted high streets and parks, closed cinemas, cafés and (...)

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The European Union has the tools to boost a sustainable recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic, say TEG experts

In a statement released today, the Technical Expert Group on Sustainable Finance (TEG) describes how existing EU tools (e (...)

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Put clean energy at the heart of stimulus plans to counter the coronavirus crisis

The impact of the coronavirus around the world and the resulting turmoil in global markets are dominating global attention (...)

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Cities lead the charge on the coronavirus front lines

How many times have we heard over the past few weeks that we have entered an unprecedented era?The rapid spread of COVID (...)

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Will China build more Coal to stimulate the economy?

Could China ramp up coal generation – of the order of hundreds of GW by 2030 – as part of its efforts to stimulate its econom (...)

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Public spaces bind cities together. What happens when coronavirus forces us apart?

Public spaces bind cities together. What happens when coronavirus forces us apart? Tahj Rosmarin, University of Melbourne (...)

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Work on Grand Paris Express suspended

As reported by French newspaper Le Parisien, Société du Grand Paris,  the public body in charge of building the Grand Paris (...)