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A photo of the city centre of Winterthur, Switzerland

This Swiss city offers lessons in integrated transport design

Researchers hope that the lessons learned from this redevelopment can help Europe at large.

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An aerial view of Mannheim, Germany. The city plans to shut its gas network by 2035.

German city prepares to decommission gas grid within a decade

Using gas for heating is likely to become increasingly expensive in the coming years due to a dwindling user base and rising emissions costs.
Deer in Richmond Park, London.

‘National Park City’ movement to expand in 2025, following London’s lead

Other cities that may follow suit include Cardiff, Glasgow, Rotterdam, and Johannesburg.
A photo of wasted food in a bin.

How this Slovakian city has slashed food waste

95% of the city's single-family homes self-compost, and the amount of mixed waste they produce has fallen 36% in just eight years.
A photo of jacaranda trees in Johannesburg. The trees keep the city cool.

Urban green spaces reduce heat-related deaths and boost wellbeing, study finds

People living in cities are particularly vulnerable during heatwaves due to the urban heat island effect.
A photo of cyclists using a dedicated cycling path in Vilnius, Lithuania, which is making great strides in sustainable urban mobility.

Chris Bruntlett | How Lithuania’s capital is transforming itself into the “Amsterdam of the North”

Between 2016 and 2024, Vilnius built 164 kilometres of Dutch-inspired cycle paths, and went from a 1.5 to 4.5% cycling modal share.
A photo of Bree Street, Cape Town, without any cars and full of pedestrians.

Cape Town’s iconic Bree Street trials car-free Sundays

The road, which was recently ranked the 11th "coolest" street in the world by Time Out magazine, will be closed off to cars every Sunday until March 2025.
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