Tag: Sao Paulo

This week, C40 Chair and New York Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg held a press conference with the Mayor of Johannesburg, Mpho Parks Tau, announcing the 2014 C40 Mayors Summit. Mayor Tau said that the summit is “a historic moment for Johannesburg.” But when the mayors, their staff members, and climate experts gather in 2014, they will not be working from a blank slate. It will be the fifth summit of its kind, all of which have proven to be key moments to accelerate the C40 memberships’ efforts to further reduce carbon emissions and improve the quality of life in their cities.

On September 21, the city of São Paulo hosted an International Conference on Walking in Cities. The event focused on strategies to integrate land use policies to create a more accessible, efficient, and vibrant urban environment for pedestrians and bicyclists, in balance with the needs of motorists.

The City of Sao Paulo was recently host to the 11th Conference on Clean Production, which highlighted the growing global attention on the issue of environmental sustainability -- what Gilberto Natalini, a Sao Paulo city councillor and organizer of the event, called “humanity’s most important asset.”

The city of São Paulo this week welcomed over 250 delegates from across Brazil to participate in the City Infrastructure Forum Brazil. The two-day forum focused on opportunities for sustainable development as Brazil’s economy continues to grow. Organized in association with Cities Today magazine, the forum brings together stakeholders from intergovernmental organizations with select private sector partners to share experiences and find practical solutions for local application.

In a piece entitled “São Paulo Seeks to Be Sustainable,” the Wall Street Journal profiled the sustainable development work of C40 City São Paulo through its Água Espraiada Operação Urbana program which is a critical part of Sao Paulo’s efforts ramp up energy efficiency, cut water usage and ease traffic congestion and greenhouse gas emissions.