The country will move faster to grant permanent urban residency to people who move from rural areas to cities where the industries are more developed to accelerate economic progress.
The mayors of Milan and Rome highlight the imperative for G20 countries to use recovery funding in a way that advances, not hinders, ambitious and equitable climate action ahead of COP26.
Analysis from StreetLight Data reveals that New York City, Sarasota and Portland lead when it comes to the reduced impact of transportation on the environment.
The Line is a zero-carbon, hyper-connected city in a 170km straight line on the Neom development near the Red Sea that will “reimagine and revitalise the future of urban living”.
GDP figures around the world make grim reading and one of the few certainties of the pandemic is economic pain, leaving cities having the difficulty of cutting their cloth accordingly.
More cities must ramp up their climate ambition and deliver urgent action, fast, says Kyra Appleby, Global Director of Cities, States and Regions at CDP.