by Mark Douglas Wessel | Mar 9, 2023 | Stories
Original source: CityTalk At midnight on 15 October, Jorn Verbeeck and Cathy Oke will start out in Oceania and Southeast Asia, then go to other parts of Asia and Eastern Europe, before venturing to Europe, the Middle East and Africa. Not done yet, they’ll move on to...
by Mark Douglas Wessel | Mar 7, 2023 | Stories
Original source: UrbanNet Quito bears the brunt of climate change, from 100-year storms to mudslides to heat waves – all part of the city’s ‘new normal.’ Urban journalist Mark Douglas Wessel explores how Ecuador’s capital is leveraging the power of Nature-based...
by Mark Douglas Wessel | Mar 6, 2023 | Stories
Original source: CityTalk “Two huge things need to happen” to have any hope of lifting the world’s most vulnerable out of poverty, while at the same time addressing climate change observed Julian Basking, the Principal Urban Advisor for Cities Alliance. “The first is...
by Mark Douglas Wessel | Mar 6, 2023 | Stories
Original source: Toronto Sun Newfound appreciation for the outdoors is getting citizens more involved in the planning and nurturing of public spaces Before COVID-19 hit much of the population was living in a self-imposed tech bubble – often more tuned into their...
by Mark Douglas Wessel | Dec 7, 2019 | Stories
Original source: CityTalk (ICLEI) “The federal government is neglecting the Amazon Rainforest. They’re not committed to the forest. And they’re leaving people who live in the forest very vulnerable.” Those words didn’t come from a New York Times editorial, but rather...
