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Water Security and Urban Rivers: Lessons from Mumbai to New York

A view of an urban river in Mumbai with greener, channelized banks and city buildings in the distance, showing the potential for environmental recovery and urban sustainability.

From Polluted Channels to Urban Lifelines The world’s megacities are facing an escalating water crisis, a silent threat that jeopardizes the health and prosperity of billions. At the heart of this challenge lie our urban rivers, often treated as little more than sewers, yet holding immense potential as pillars of urban water security. They are […]

Climate Adaptation Technologies: Innovations for a Resilient 2030

An aerial view of a futuristic sustainable community blending high-tech buildings, vertical farms, and solar panels with traditional eco-lodges and natural water features.

The Adaptation Imperative: Navigating the Unavoidable Changes to Our Climate The science, as laid out in the starkest terms by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), is unequivocal. Even if global greenhouse gas emissions were to cease today, the world is already locked into a significant degree of climate change. The record-breaking heatwaves, erratic […]