{"id":171716,"date":"2025-11-26T10:53:56","date_gmt":"2025-11-26T16:53:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tecscience.tec.mx\/en\/?p=171716"},"modified":"2025-12-08T10:06:04","modified_gmt":"2025-12-08T16:06:04","slug":"gohsc-nobel-sustainability-award-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tecscience.tec.mx\/en\/cities-and-prosperous-communities\/gohsc-nobel-sustainability-award-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"Global Observatory for Healthy and Sustainable Cities wins the 2025 Nobel Sustainability Trust Award"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

By 2050, the greatest urban growth will occur in low- and middle-income countries. These regions\u2014the most vulnerable to climate change and global pandemics\u2014still lack urban planning policies that protect the health of their populations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This paradox was documented in a series of articles published in The Lancet Global Health<\/a> <\/em>in 2022. In them, researchers from various institutions analyzed 25 cities across 19 countries to identify which public policies foster healthier and more sustainable cities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Eugen Resendiz Bontrud, Founding Executive Committee member and Membership Director of the GOHSC. (Photo: Courtesy Tec de Monterrey)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Researchers developed concrete metrics to measure how urban planning promotes healthy lifestyles. That effort was the start of the Global Observatory for Healthy and Sustainable Cities (GOHSC)<\/a><\/strong>, which has just received the Nobel Sustainability Trust Award 2025. This recognition, created by members of the Nobel family, honors sustainable solutions with global impact.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The award recognizes the effort of an international network of 319 researchers and professionals in 198 cities across 57 countries. Among them is Eugen Resendiz Bontrud<\/a><\/strong>, from the Center for the Future of Cities<\/a><\/strong> at Tec de Monterrey, a founding executive committee member and the observatory’s director of memberships. She is the only Latin American representative in the leadership group.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“I’m a very collaborative person,” says Resendiz. “I like seeing how this network, which has given me so much, can now also give a lot back to the center.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

From Science to Policy<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Currently, the GOHSC leads the 1,000 Cities Challenge<\/a><\/strong>, an initiative that invites public officials and planning groups to evaluate their policies using a checklist of metrics.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This document allows for an in-depth analysis of policies on topics like transportation, air quality, employment distribution, and other factors that shape any urban environment. Each policy is evaluated at three levels:<\/p>\n\n\n\n