专家认为，几十年来首次居住与城市发展大会应该着力提高城市的长期可持续性。
First conference on housing and urban development in a generation should promote cities’ long-term sustainability, reports Robert Soutar
里约奥运会拉开帷幕，未能实现的环境治理及交通改善承诺让奥运蒙上了一层阴影。
The start of the Rio Games has been marred by unfulfilled promises to tackle pollution and improve public transport, writes Cristina Veiga
大量私家车安装了打车软件，成为共享交通的一部分。不过本被寄望减少拥堵、降碳排放的打车软件，却反而添了“堵”。
Phone-based apps complicate environmental problems in one of China's biggest and most congested cities, reports Zhang Chun
中国未来的设计将走向开源化、国际化和可持续化，2016国际艾希顿奖中国获奖者表示。
The future of urban design in China is open source, international and sustainable, the Chinese winner of a 2016 Ashden Award tells Charlotte Middlehurst
帕斯卡·米特迈尔认为，绿色基础设施与大自然自身的屏障作用相结合可以帮助城市抵御海平面上升带来的影响。
Mixing manmade infrastructure with natural systems can protect cities from rising sea levels, writes Pascal Mittermaier
在污染治理的过程中，金融市场要承担九成左右的融资重任。
Financial markets will need to raise 90% of the costs of meeting pollution and carbon targets
贾平凹新作《极花》通过描写一个被拐卖妇女的故事，探讨了中国农村日渐凋敝的社会原因。
Jia Pingwa’s new novel uses the story of a trafficked women to expose the growing crisis in rural China
中国杰出的环保主义者于晓刚讲述他所领导并获取国际奖励的云南生态保护项目，并分享如何帮助原住民社区运用传统经验应对气候变化。
China’s leading environmentalist Yu Xiaogang talks about his award winning conservation projects in Yunnan– and using indigenous knowledge to cope with climate change
