Cities

An ambitious policy to encourage cycling sparked by the pandemic has the potential to transform the French capital’s transport landscape.

Following France’s 2020 municipal elections, the newly elected Green leaders of Greater Lyon and Poitiers discuss governing in a crisis and ecology’s place in the political landscape.

The pandemic has reconfigured the way we use and think about urban space. Will it be sufficient for a fairer, healthier city to emerge?

The pandemic leaves tourist destinations caught between the opportunity to shift towards a more sustainable model and the immediate pressure of economic need.

The answer to Barcelona’s digital divide is a politics that puts people and rights at the centre of the digital transition.

With the right support from governments and the EU, communities all over Europe can be at the heart of a sustainable energy system.

Grenoble is looking to the future, hoping to keep its place among green cities.

This gargantuan project has aroused public enthusiasm and anger in equal measure, and continues to hold lessons for understanding people’s relationships with cities.

Greening citizenship – through gardening practices – offers an opportunity for self-government with radical potential to re-balance the relationship between people and the natural world.

With a tough race ahead, the Hungarian opposition has reason to be cautiously optimistic that it can take back Budapest from Viktor Orbán’s party.