cities

Cities: Social Time-Bombs

Sam Bowstead | June 20th, 2012

“Cities are magnets. Cities are also social time-bombs.” A panel of ten leading built environment experts met, on Monday June 18, to discuss the vital issues for our world’s burgeoning

China/US Cities Act on Climate Change

Tim Hall | December 8th, 2010

Yesterday at COP16 I attended another fascinating side event on China, this time on its cooperation with the US at the sub-national level in reducing emissions. I was taken aback by

The Megalopolis and Climate Change

Tim Hall | December 2nd, 2010

I just attended a very interesting side event on China, climate change and developing nations. One point in particular stood out to me: the role of cities in acting on