Urban 20: Inclusive, climate-resilient, and sustainable growth key to the future of cities

City leaders will gather again at the Urban 20 Mayors Summit in Tokyo, Japan, to continue their conversations and further unlock cities’ tremendous potential in driving inclusive, resilient, and…

Ede Ijjasz-Vasquez, Horacio Cristian Terraza |
Climate Change, Disaster Risk Management, Environment, Social Sustainability and Inclusion, Urban Development

“The past is never dead. It’s not even past.” – William Faulkner

Ponto-cho Alley, Kyoto. (Barbara Minguez Garcia / World Bank, 2016)   It is 7:45 p.m. in Ponto-cho, the historic narrow alley at the core of the Japanese city of Kyoto. Close to the Kaburenjo…

Barbara Minguez Garcia, James P. Newman |
Climate Change, Disaster Risk Management, Environment, Urban Development

Are we listening to our ancestors’ warnings?

Also available in: Russian The “miracle pine, ” a 250-year-old tree that survived the 2011 tsunami in Japan, has been preserved as a memorial to the 19, 000 victims of the disaster. (Photo via…

Ko Takeuchi |
Climate Change, Disaster Risk Management, Environment, Urban Development, Water