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For a more secure world, cities must share information on cyber-attacks - experts

Cybersecurity – Apr 27, 2018

A hooded man holds a laptop computer as cyber code is projected on him in this illustration picture taken on May 13, 2017

Power-for-all push risks leaving out Africa's poorest - official

Energy access – Apr 30, 2018

Students use a bulb powered by a car battery to do their homework in Al Fashir in North Darfur, Sudan, Aug. 12, 2017.

Costa Rica's new president promises plan to speed clean transport

Renewable energy – Apr 30, 2018

A worker cleans a car at a used car lot in San Jose, November 12, 2008.

Tailor climate insurance to needs of poorest - experts

Climate change – May 3, 2018

A farmer harvests his wheat crop on a field in the Beheira governorate, north of Cairo, Egypt April 4, 2018.

Kenyan herders turn to grazing app to cut drought risks

Pastoralism – May 7, 2018

Herder Buchu Boru with his cattle before they are taken out to graze in his village of Arkamana, Marsabit County, Kenya, April 11, 2018

Migrant workers sent $256 billion home to Asia-Pacific last year - UN

Remittances – May 7, 2018

ARCHIVE PHOTO: An employee checks dollar bills at a money changer in Manila March 28, 2012

How New York is using technology to address urban challenges

Urban (re)development – May 10, 2018

via Cities To Be

Social investors see the light on clean energy for the poor

Renewable energy – May 10, 2018

Fikile Mthiyane takes a break from cooking a family meal in KwaNdengezi, South Africa, August 31, 2017.

Poverty and politics trip up urban refugees in India

Refugees – May 11, 2018

A Rohingya refugee woman plays with her children outside her home in a settlement that later burned down in New Delhi, India. Photo taken Feb. 18, 2018.

Cryptocurrency may light up renewable energy in Moldova

Renewable energy – May 17, 2018

Representations of the Ripple, Bitcoin, Etherum and Litecoin virtual currencies are seen on a PC motherboard in this illustration picture, February 13, 2018.

Opinion-Five years: A growing and evolving resilience movement

100 Resilient Cities – May 23, 2018

The city view shows Manhattan, New York, U.S., September 17, 2017.

Are the global goals doomed to fail without better open data?

Open data – May 24, 2018

Employees work at their desks at Mediatrac, a data analytics start up company in Jakarta, Indonesia, April 13, 2016.

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Dec 15, 2018

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The Hague , Netherlands

Gender pay gap could cost world $160 trillion - World Bank

Gender equality – May 30, 2018

Chrifa Nimri, 69, fisherwoman, returns to her home after finishing work, at the seaport Sidi Bou Said, in Tunis, Tunisia February 23, 2017.

Caribbean set to ride "blue economy" wave, say economists

Economic development – Jun 1, 2018

A boy walks into the sea with his surfboard in Patillas, Puerto Rico, August 28, 2015.

Affordable housing solutions in pipes, containers and 3D printers

Housing – Jun 1, 2018

A photograph of the first permitted 3D printed home created by non-profit New Story and construction technology firm ICON, seen as a viable solution to affordable housing in developing countries.

Strict warming curb key to survival of world's most vulnerable - ex-U.N. climate chief

Climate change – Jun 1, 2018

People make their way through heavy smog on an extremely polluted day with red alert issued, in Shengfang, Hebei province, China December 19, 2016.

Former New York mayor invests $42 million in city data

Smart technology – Jun 1, 2018

via Cities Today

Lack of hope in South Sudan camps drives youth into gang crime

Conflict – Jun 4, 2018

Puok Barar, 16, poses for a portrait at his school in a Protection of Civilians (PoC) camp on the outskirts of Juba, South Sudan, March 23, 2018.

Smart technology could make cities safer and cleaner, research says

Smart technology – Jun 7, 2018

Police officers display their AI-powered smart glasses in Luoyang, Henan province, China April 3, 2018.