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Projects in Development

Pathways to Urban Sustainability Initiative

National Academies are planning a multi-year, multi-country initiative to address one of the central challenges and opportunities of the 21st century---the use of science and technology to help transform rapidly urbanizing regions of the developing world into "sustainable cities." Over the past year, the Academies launched this ambitious program through on-the-ground planning activities in China, South Africa, and Mexico. We are currently raising funds for the next phase of the initiative, which will include an international symposium to examine the major trends, challenges, and potential paths forward to urban sustainability in developing world cities, and a set of on-the-ground projects in China to be carried out in partnership with the Chinese Academies of Science and Engineering and other leading Chinese science and technology institutions.


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