News and updates
- Do Street Trees Have a Future? A symposium from UK UNESCO's Man and Biosphere (MaB) Urban Forum on the subject of…
- Making the switch from Grey to Green CABE is calling for a switch in public spending from grey projects, like road building…
- Green inspiration from America Watch the video presentations given by Edward McMahon and William McDonough at the ParkCity conference.…
- Government launches consultation on strengthening local democracy A new consultation explores whether local government has the powers it needs to meet today’s…
- New climate projections will help towns and cities adapt The latest climate projections for the UK – UKCP09 - provide an important new resource…
- Leeds on frontline of local climate response Cities will put sustainability at the heart of everything they do, insists Leeds City Council’s…
- Business case made for sustainable design Hammerson plc is one of Europe’s leading developers and commercial real estate managers.One of the…
- Warrior Princess Majora Carter, activist and founder of Sustainable South Bronx, a non-profit environmental justice organisation. She…
- Explorer footsteps feature in new campaign It's exactly 100 years since Ernest Shackleton’s expedition to the South Pole. His memorable recruitment…
- Hallmarks of a sustainable city CABE’s new report is the distillation of the two-year research programme behind this website. Hallmarks…
- Founding father makes rousing case for turning grey to green If green infrastructure has a founding father, it is Edward T McMahon. As well as…
- San Francisco’s green step forward San Francisco is fast becoming a world leader in responding to climate change, with an…
- Star quality aids Copenhagen’s green revolution Actor-turned-politician Klaus Bondam is the man charged with ensuring that Copenhagen has the world’s best…
- Greening towns and cities would help tackle recession With the next budget fast approaching, CABE and Natural England are calling on government to…
- Urgent local action needed on global warming Climate change is happening much faster than previously thought, scientists have warned. The recent climate…
- Urban design offers the answers Professor Lorna Walker on why we need Sustainable Cities and how people will use it.…
