What many unfamiliar with our city perhaps don’t appreciate is that Glasgow is already home to some of the UK’s, if not Europe’s, highest quality social and affordable housing. How did Glasgow get there?
Category: Climate
How can the cities of the Global South grow green?
Nigeria’s economic powerhouse Lagos has doubled its population over the last two decades to 24 million. It could reach between 85 and 100 million inhabitants by 2100. As the cities of the Global South expand, can they grow green?
Empowering women to power the green transition
Policy makers need to double down their efforts to close the gap and overcome an emerging gender divide in the green transition.
Industrial regions on the way to climate neutrality?
Getting to net-zero GHG emissions by 2050 means we need to transform industry at an unprecedented depth and speed. But how do we do it?
When the white gold thaws
Just weeks ago as holiday makers were getting ready to slap on their skis, many were met with either closed resorts or narrow artificial runs. Where do we go without snow?
Embarking on subnational green budgeting
At the end of 2020, in the middle of a global pandemic, the French region of Brittany adopted a new approach to climate action: green budgeting. They did this by tagging the climate adaptation and mitigation impact of their regional spending for 2020.
We must unlock sustainable SME finance for a sustainable net-zero transition
There can be no route to net zero without bringing smaller businesses with us. Some will enable the transition directly, as suppliers of low-carbon goods and services, and all will participate in the unprecedented changes that will be necessary over the next few decades.
Is tourism turning the tide?
After six decades of consistent growth, the unprecedented shock of the global COVID-19 pandemic saw tourism come to a near complete standstill. Two years on, there’s still huge uncertainty for the tourism sector. What lies in store for tourism in 2023 and beyond?