15 November 2019
'People should not and do not need to be dying in heatwaves'
LONDON - With urban populations surging around the world, cities will struggle to keep residents safe from fast-growing heat risks turbo-charged by climate change, scientists and public health experts warned this week.
Heat is already
Cadasta Foundation Launches New Global Land Rights Challenge Fund to Secure Land and Resource Rights
5 November 2019
Cadasta Foundation has launched its new Global Land Rights Challenge Fund to help partners better leverage Cadasta’s innovative tools and services to document land and resource rights worldwide.
The Land Rights Challenge Fund will feature multiple grant programs through 2021, each designed to
16 October 2019
Historical Database on Economic and Social Impact of Informal Settlements Agreements in Brazil to be Made Available for Research
11 October 2019
Dozens of mayors of cities from every continent pledge cleaner air in a bid to improve urban health and tackle climate change
COPENHAGEN, Oct 11 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - From penalising cars to planting trees, dozens of mayors from every continent pledged cleaner air on Friday in a bid to
24 September 2019
New technologies used to map areas in developing nations for granting titles and aiding development could be misused to further marginalize vulnerable people, analysts and land experts warned on Friday.
From Kenya to the Philippines, authorities are using satellite imagery, drones, GPS navigation
27 August 2019
Drone data has allowed us to find solutions for a wide range of social challenges, like humanitarian aid, resource conservation, resilient urban planning and many more. But as the field has expanded, three pressing issues have emerged:
how to produce impactful analysis in a rapid manner;
how to
12 August 2019
The global initiative supports Helsinki’s goal of achieving a more significant role for cities in implementing the sustainable development goals.
The United Nations’ Social Impact Investing Initiative has opened a new office in Helsinki, further bolstering the UN’s presence in Finland.
The Social
8 August 2019
The year was 2009, and Typhoon Ketsana — known locally in the Philippines as Ondoy — had just struck Metropolitan Manila, Philippines. One of the strongest typhoons to have made landfall in the megacity, Ketsana displaced thousands of families and left them without their source of livelihood and
26 July 2019
Women and non-binary people are running some of the best-known organic farms on Long Island, in what is a growing, $50 billion industry nationwide
AMAGANSETT, N.Y., (Reuters) - Sporting a backwards gray cap, studded earrings and a thin, head-to-toe layer of dirt, Layton Guenther took a break from
24 July 2019
Residents say that quality of life is under threat from increasing tourism and rising rents that are pushing out young people and poorer families
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico - Walking through the hip San Juan neighbourhood (barrio) of Machuchal, it is hard to miss the house painted bright yellow, green
3 July 2019
In August 2018, the local government of Accra, Ghana, in West Africa, appropriated 1,800 homes for demolition to make way for, among others, tomato retailers. Officials had already begun plotting the land for its new use when residents of the largely poor neighborhood erupted in protest, to no
13 June 2019
Can urban planners use the technology in “Smart Cities” to create cities that are more just—and safe—for all?
What does a “smart city” look like from a gender perspective? Is there a difference as to how women experience a city? Does technology help or hinder that experience? And how can