Building a new planter box on a sidewalk corner in Rotterdam, Netherlands. Photo: Mathilde Nie/UrbanShift 2024 was tumultuous ...

In October 2024, a high-altitude isolated depression struck Valencia, Spain, bringing severe weather, torrential rainfall and ...

Residents and tourists cool off at Cape Town's Saunders' Rock Beach. The difference in thermal comfort between neighborhoods ...

Held in Rio de Janeiro, the U20 summit gathered over 80 mayors and 100 city delegations from G20 nations to explore solutions ...

A street in Mumbai, India. The city is the first in India to launch a climate budget. Photo: Victor Jiang/Shutterstock The ...

In 2019, Stellantis (then known as Fiat Chrysler) announced a $2.5 billion plan to expand and modernize two of its auto assembly plants in Detroit. This triggered the city’s Community Benefits ...

In 2019, Stellantis (then known as Fiat Chrysler) announced a $2.5 billion plan to expand and modernize two of its auto assembly plants in Detroit. This triggered the city’s Community Benefits ...

Visitors to Trafalgar Square in London attempt to cool down near a fountain during the 2022 heat wave. London faced a record-breaking temperature of 40 degrees C (104 degrees F) in July 2022. Photo: ...

In Mathare, Kenya, street vendors utilize umbrellas to stay cool. An informal settlement with structures mostly made of heat-trapping materials, residents face amplified impacts of extreme heat. Photo ...

Livability is key to the quality of city life as we look to the future. We don’t have to look far into that future to see how this plays out on the streets. On Sunday, December 15, 1974, a group of ...