What does building skills for EU urban transitions mean to me?

What does building skills for EU urban transitions mean to me? This is my perspective in brief. Urban sustainability transitions Successful transitions to a just and sustainable future require a regenerative sustainability approach that focuses not solely on reducing resource…

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The Urban Agenda for the EU

Reposted from https://www.urbanagenda.urban-initiative.eu/urban-agenda-eu My commentary Although the European Urban Agenda (EUA), co-funded by the European Commission, could be better embedding holistic/systems thinking, it is currently one of the most advanced frameworks for the transformation of cities for the 21st century….

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Europe’s cities are leading the fight against xenophobia and the climate crisis

By Ada Colau, Mayor of Barcelona. Friday March 6, 2020 Repost from The Guardian Conservative politicians have long declared there is no alternative to capitalism. Many of capitalism’s cruelties, from housing crises and crumbling public amenities to increasingly precarious forms…

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