I still have in my head the notion that sustainability means green, green means countryside, and countryside means something nostalgic – a remote unreality for most...
Cities – those grey, urban, concrete structures – could be the green centres of the modern world. Rolling hills and lush fields may be actually green,...
The shortlist for the 2014 Wolfson Economics Prize, which asks entrants how they would deliver a visionary garden city, has been announced, as a poll reveals...
“The purpose of investment is maximising return, nothing else.” That is the motion that will be discussed in the fourth and final debate event during Sustainable...
The World Health Organisation (WHO) has warned of continuing deteriorating air quality in many of the world’s biggest cities. Its urban air quality database, which covers...
The 21 European cities that have reached the final stage of the Bloomberg Philanthropies’ Mayors Challenge, a competition seeking out pioneering ideas that address the continent’s...
You probably don’t need to be one of the 8.3 million people who live in London to instinctively raise an eyebrow at the idea of “the...
The Local Sustainable Transport fund – which supports green infrastructure initiatives – is to receive a £2m boost from the government, the Department for Transport (DfT)...
Released last year, The UK Gold joins the ranks of post-recession documentaries focusing their ire on economic injustice. Writer/director Mark Donne’s target? The City of London’s...
Giving a value to ecosystem services like food, fuel and pollination has the potential to fundamentally change the way ‘garden cities’ are designed and built, argues Claire...
The Labour party has pledged that if it wins the next general election, it will provide a funding boost to councils and give cities more autonomy,...
Planting “an army of trees” in the Chinese capital Beijing could help combat the city’s severe air pollution crisis, but such a strategy should not be...
London has retained its title as the most important global city for the ultra-wealthy in 2014, but New York is expected to overtake it within the...
Stockholm, the capital and most populous city of Sweden, was the first city to be awarded the European Green Capital title when the award was launched...
New research shows that the UK has made progress on narrowing the gender wage gap and increasing female labour, but still ranks 18th out of the...