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20 April. 2026 By Andreas Beavor (Managing Partner) and Mpho Katjiuongua (Sustainability Consultant) The scale of urban development challenges Cities in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) face a growing paradox: they are on the frontline of climate impacts and rapid urbanisation, yet often lack the finance, capacity and tools to plan and deliver the sustainable infrastructure their residents need. At the same time, private investors and infrastructure developers struggl

Despite renewables now providing a substantial share of electricity generation, consumers are still paying gas-inflated prices

According to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC’s) Sixth Assessment Report (AR6), climate finance and technological...

By Naji Makarem 02 February 2023 News Category: Thought Leadership A just transition is perhaps the most important fuzzy concept we must...

An additional 2.5 billion people will be a part of our world by 2050, mostly in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) across Africa...

Cities in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) are increasingly vulnerable to the impacts of climate change, including rising sea...

The Philippines consistently ranks as one of the countries most affected by natural hazards in the world. Typhoons, storms, floods,...

How start-ups can help bridge the gap in public service provision in developing countries

A child running barefoot in a refugee camp with a big smile on his or her face is heart warming; if there’s garbage around it’s a shame...

Throughout 2021 UrbanEmerge continued to learn and evolve. We had the privilege to engage with various new clients and to further...

By Naji Makarem & Andreas Beavor At UrbanEmerge we’ve recently been exploring viable circular economy solutions for a range of clients....

Author: Froeydis Gording (BD & PM Lead at UrbanEmerge) Co-authors/reviewer: Andreas Beavor (UrbanEmerge Partner) At UrbanEmerge, we were...

Deadline: CLOSED (Position Filled July 2020) Congratulations to Froeydis Gording for becoming our first recruit and Business Development...

Authors: Joanne Van-Selm and Naji Makarem (on behalf of our team) UrbanEmerge was commissioned by the Durable Solutions Platform (DSP) to...

There is a lot of hype around the term ‘smart city’ and its definition can be ambiguous. At UrbanEmerge, we refer to smart cities as...

Working with World Enabled, UrbanEmerge has recently led a project for the INGO Humanity & Inclusion (formerly Handicap International)....

While working in Ethiopia recently I witnessed first-hand the phenomenal transformation the county is bringing about through attracting...

In their great book ‘Green Urbanism in Asia’, Peter Newman and Anne Matan suggest that green urbanism is the recognition that cities make...

UrbanEmerge has recently completed a scoping review of modern construction methods in the UK. Here’s what we found: The UK is facing a...

The culture and social structure of a metropolitan region is as important as it’s physical architecture and infrastructure, if not more...