Cities get the job done
THE C40 KNOWLEDGE HUB HAS LAUNCHED!
We've launched a new online platform to provide city practitioners and policymakers with the cutting-edge insights and practical resources necessary to deliver climate actions in cities around the world. All cities are invited to register for the site and join the global network of city peer-to-peer exchange
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Deadline 2020
Deadline 2020 is a commitment from the world’s leading cities to urgently pursue high ambition climate action, demonstrating how we can deliver on the Paris Agreement. Now is the time to act!
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Cities around the world are building a brighter future
Human civilisation is facing an environmental crisis on a global scale. The world has failed to stop carbon emissions rising in a way that is consistent with a sustainable future for humanity and now we face a climate emergency. But the world’s leading cities are taking action to respond to the climate crisis and create the future we want.
Learn MoreCongratulations to the first 15 winners of C40's Reinventing Cities competition!
These innovative and replicable climate solutions will serve as examples for other cities to reimagine urban development and to drastically reduce the carbon footprint of new and existing buildings, which today account for more than 50 percent of emissions in C40 cities. The 15 winning teams of architects, urban planners, designers, developers, entrepreneurs and innovators were selected by juries in each city, from amongst 82 finalist teams.
Learn MoreNEW REPORT: Cities Leading the Way
The report, Cities Leading the Way: Seven climate action plans to deliver on the Paris Agreement, showcases seven cities with climate action plans that put the city on a path to become emissions neutral by 2050 and more resilient to the impacts of climate change.
Learn MoreNEW REPORT: The Future of Urban Consumption in a 1.5°C World
The Future of Urban Consumption in a 1.5°C World – a new report from C40 Cities, Arup & the University of Leeds with support from Citi Foundation – explores the impact that urban consumption has on global greenhouse gas emissions and assesses what individuals, businesses and governments can do to reduce consumption-based emissions within cities and beyond.
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