Reporting the world's cities, for the people who plan them.
THE FIRST EDITION · 5 OCTOBER 2026
Urban resilience, adaptation, and the environment.
10 ARTICLESClimate Crisis - Lead Story
Experts at Hamburg's Extreme Weather Congress say climate extremes are now outpacing adaptation even in the world's wealthiest countries - weeks before COP31 puts "resilient cities" at the top of the Antalya agenda
Resilience - United States
NEW YORK: Hundreds of inexpensive flood-mitigation projects installed across New York - and mirrored in Philadelphia and Portland, Oregon - are helping neighbourhoods recover more quickly after severe storms, new reporting shows. Rain gardens, upgraded inlets,…
Megacity Nights
HO CHI MINH CITY: Forecasters warned in late September that high tides combined with heavy rain would raise flood risk across the city, and on September 30 the Saigon River spilled onto urban roads. For a…
Road to Antalya
SUVA: The Pre-COP, delivered by Fiji, Tuvalu and Australia from October 5-8, opens with unresolved questions over climate finance, fossil fuels, adaptation and clean electrification ahead of COP31 in Antalya this November. The Turkish presidency has…
Waste - Africa
LAGOS: Waste generation in fast-growing cities including Johannesburg, Lagos, Dakar and Accra is outpacing municipal collection and disposal capacity, a late-September report warns, with infrastructure investment failing to keep up. Uncollected waste is choking neighbourhoods and…
Climate Finance - Ethiopia
ADDIS ABABA: The Green Climate Fund and Korea's KOICA signed a $47-million agreement on September 17 - $25 million from GCF, $22 million in KOICA co-financing - to cut flood and heat risk in Addis Ababa…
Small Cities, Big Plans - Ontario
COLLINGWOOD: Councillors in this Ontario town gave early approval on September 30 to a climate adaptation plan covering extreme heat, drought, shoreline erosion, flooding, freeze-thaw variability and wildfire smoke. The plan includes a warming and cooling…
Science Desk
Analysing some 4.2 million dysentery cases across China between 2005 and 2020, researchers writing in Nature Cities found that cities implementing sponge-city works - wetlands, permeable pavements, green space - saw flood-related disease risk fall by…
Infographic
Infographic The road to Antalya OCT 5-8 Pre-COP, Fiji OCT 5-9 Transport Week NOV 9-20 COP31, Antalya "Resilient cities" - a stated priority of the Turkish presidency cop31.tr - changing-transport.org
India Desk - Cleaner Cities
AGARTALA: Tripura inaugurated the Rs 960-million Haora Riverfront on September 22 - 1,700 metres from Steel Bridge to Dashamighat that once served as a waste dump, now carrying walking and cycling paths, viewing decks, an elevated…