C40 in the News
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Inc: 10 Reasons to Celebrate on Earth Day
Cities, including many in the US, are taking the lead on reaching the targets outlined in the Paris climate agreement. The C40 Cities Climate Leadership Group, bringing together more than 90 cities representing over 650 million people and a quarter of the global economy, has several initiatives underway.
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Reuters: Big bite: food sustainability in cities
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La Vanguardia: Alcaldes proponen a G20 trabajar en acción climática, trabajo e inclusion
Los alcaldes de las principales ciudades del G20 difundieron hoy una declaración en la que proponen a los jefes de Estado de ese grupo de países trabajar en conjunto en tres cuestiones clave para el desarrollo global: la acción climática, el futuro del trabajo y la integración social.
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Vox: China made solar panels cheap. Now it’s doing the same for electric buses.
It is now more or less taken for granted that solar panels are getting cheaper and cheaper. Now there’s evidence that China is in the midst of doing the same thing for another key clean-energy product: electric buses.
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ESI Africa: SA leading cities strive to make all new buildings zero carbon
Mayors of four C40 cities, Tshwane, Johannesburg, Cape Town and Durban joined together to introduce requirements ensuring all new buildings are energy efficient, cutting electricity bills and greenhouse gas emissions.
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La Vanguardia: Reinventar Barcelona con un proyecto urbano de futuro
La concepción de Barcelona como una ‘ciudad terminada’ al haber llegado hasta sus límites geográficos dificulta la necesaria labor de proyectar un nuevo paradigma urbanístico a medio y largo plazo. El clima, la vivienda o la economía son solo algunos de los retos que exigen volver a mirar la metrópolis como una tierra fértil en la que hay mucho por hacer y en la que muchos sueños son posibles.
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Monocle: Cape Town - The Urbanist – Interview with Seth Schultz
Cape Town was set to run out of drinkable water in less than 10 days from now. But as the city narrowly avoided the dreaded “Day Zero”, it has ignited a worldwide debate about the issue and how to ensure this won’t happen in the near future elsewhere.
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Bloomberg New Energy Finance: Electric Buses in Cities: Driving Towards Cleaner Air and Lower CO2
Key findings in the report, Electric Buses in Cities: Driving Towards Cleaner Air and Lower CO2, authored by BNEF on behalf of the C40 Cities Climate Leadership Group, highlight e-buses’ competitiveness with conventional diesel and CNG fueled buses.
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Wallpaper: The art of reinvention: how cities and architects unite to combat climate change
hat do you get when you combine one successful urban experiment, 19 cities from around the world, and 19 sustainability conscious mayors? Reinventing Cities is a global initiative that invites architects to explore different ways of tackling the challenges of climate change and urban density through creatively reimagining neglected parts of our cities.
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The Guardian: The 100 million city: is 21st century urbanisation out of control?
Projections suggest cities will swell at an astonishing pace – but whether that means our salvation or an eco-disaster is by no means certain
