Today, C40 announced the 35 finalists competing in ten urban climate action categories for the fourth-annual C40 Cities Awards, sponsored by Bloomberg Philanthropies and BYD. The winners will be announced on December 1, 2016, at a ceremony in Mexico City, held alongside the sixth biennial C40 Mayors Summit.
The C40 Cities Awards globally recognizes cities for their leadership on climate action and showcases the innovative policies and programmes that cities have implemented to tackle climate change.
The ten C40 Cities Awards categories are: Climate Action Plans & Inventories; Adaptation Plans & Assessments; Building Energy Efficiency; Clean Energy; Finance & Economic Development; Solid Waste; Adaptation in Action; Transportation; Sustainable Communities; and Social Equity & Climate Change. Finalist cities by category are as follows:
Climate Action Plans & Inventories
- Portland – 2015 Climate Action Plan (CAP)
- Paris – Paris Climate and Energy Action Plan – 2012-2020
- Cape Town – Energy and Climate Change Programme – Energy2040 Vision and Energy and Climate Action Plan
- Buenos Aires – Buenos Aires Climate Change Action Plan based on a GPC compliant GHG Inventory
Adaptation Plans & Assessments
- New York City – New York City Resilient Neighborhoods Studies
- Paris – Paris Adaptation Strategy: Towards a more resilient city
- Belo Horizonte – Climate Change Vulnerability Assessment of the city of Belo Horizonte
Building Energy Efficiency
- San Francisco – San Francisco’s Comprehensive Approach to Energy Efficiency Market Transformation
- Guangzhou – Green Public Institutions in Guangzhou
- Melbourne & Sydney – CitySwitch Green Office
Clean Energy
- Vancouver – Vancouver Neighbourhood Energy Strategy
- Yokohama – Yokohama Smart City Project
- Washington, DC – Walter F. Bailey Bioenergy Facility
- Johannesburg – Joburg BioGas to Energy Programme
Finance & Economic Development
- Toronto – Unique Retrofit Financing through HELP (Home Energy Loan Programme) and Hi-RIS (High-Rise Retrofit Improvement Support)
- Canberra – Reverse Auctions – Securing 100% Renewable Electricity for Canberra by 2020
- Shenzhen – Shenzhen Emissions Trading System
Solid Waste
- Milan – Do not waste food, but reduce food waste
- Auckland – Auckland: Waste to Resources
- Kolkata – Kolkata Solid Waste Management Improvement Project (KSWMIP)
Adaptation in Action
- Hong Kong – Quest for Sustainable Use of Water Resources in Hong Kong
- San Francisco – San Francisco’s Non-potable Water Programme
- Copenhagen – Copenhagen’s Cloudburst Management Plan – Project Implementation
Transportation
- Houston – The New METRO: Making Transit Work for Houston
- Addis Ababa – Addis Ababa Light Rail Transit Project
- Wuhan – Wuhan Huantou Public Bicycle Service System
- Mexico City – Mexico City’s Comprehensive Mobility Programme 2013-2018
- Taiyuan – Taiyuan New Energy Vehicle Promotion Project
Sustainable Communities
- Cape Town – City of Cape Town – Transit Oriented Development Strategic Framework (TODSF), March 2016
- Toronto – Sustainable Neighbourhood Retrofit Action Plan (SNAP)
- Auckland – Wynyard Quarter Redevelopment, Auckland, New Zealand
- Curitiba – Urban Agriculture in Curitiba
Social Equity & Climate Change
- New York City – Inclusive Growth and Climate Action through OneNYC
- Portland – 2015 Climate Action Plan (CAP)
- Seoul – Energy Welfare Public-Private Partnership (PPP) Programme
