Support of local people in Medellin was crucial for the green corridors project to succeed, according to Lina Rendon, the current sub-secretary of the local mayor's office for renewable resources.

Pineda has helped sow and maintain hundreds of thousands of trees and plants across Medellín as part of a people-led scheme to fight against extreme heat through a “Green Corridors” network.

Then there’s all the good it does for our general environment. Having open green spaces improves air quality and helps keep ...

MEDELLIN’S temperatures fell by 2°C in the first three years of the Green Corridors programme. Photo: Peter Yeung Heat-trapping infrastructure like metro stations and bridges has also been ...

The $16.3 million initiative led to the creation of 30 Green Corridors along the city's roads and waterways, improving or producing more than 70 hectares of green space, which includes 20 ...

"Medellín grew at the expense of green spaces and vegetation," says Pilar Vargas, a forest engineer working for City Hall. "We built and built and built. There wasn't a lot of thought about the ...

Green corridors can be an effective solution for any city anywhere. In New York, the Manhattan Waterfront Greenway consists of almost 32 miles of bike path lined with various plant species.

Medellín, Colombia’s sprawling second city, claimed first place with an approval rating of 92 percent, thanks to its charming ...

The 2024 edition of the Getting to Zero Coalition’s Annual Progress Report on Green Shipping Corridors finds that the movement has made healthy progress. In the last year, 18 new green shipping ...

Green corridors, or ecological corridors, are strips of vegetation and natural landscape dispersed throughout a city. From simple, street-lined rows of trees to interconnected networks of parks ...

Medellín's green corridors have been lauded for their cooling and environmental benefits. How well is the project working and what can other cities learn from it? Moisés Castro has worked ...