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Implementing problem-based procurement can help cities improve public services in areas like health, infrastructure, tech, and education.

Local leadership plays a critical role in responding to climate threats and addressing the challenges associated with migration, the report's authors find.

Economic, political, and security benefits can be achieved through ally-shoring labor and supply chains between the US and Mexico.

Micromobility can play a major role in transportation decarbonization, but its potential varies depending on the conditions in which it's employed.

Kris Harley analyzes how the scholarly discussion about sustainability and smartness can be reshaped.

This report presents findings from a survey of city governments that identifies major issues for international engagement, including the COVID-19 pandemic and response.

"Most cities are still lagging when it comes to processing and converting this information in a way that can improve lives and save the planet," writes Robert Muggah.

Local strategies can revive economies, nurture hope, and diminish the appeal of antidemocratic populism in struggling industrial regions.

“Cities are at the front lines of UN Sustainable Development Goal implementation,” argues Nonresident Fellow Kris Hartley.

Kristin Ljungkvist examines why the phenomenon of cities addressing challenging and complex issues of contemporary global governance is ignored by scholars.