Tag: London

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Greening the BIDs: Private-public collaboration to deliver green infrastructure opportunities

January 16, 2015 London

The Greater London Authority (GLA) is working with Business Improvement Districts (BIDs) in central London to identify and then deliver opportunities for increasing green cover. The Greening the BIDs project has supported 15 green infrastructure audits and part-funded demonstration projects with the aim of catalysing urban greening in central London. This will help deliver Mayoral objectives to increase green cover to reduce the Urban Heat Island effect and tackle local surface water flooding, while enhancing the beauty of London.

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In Conversation: C40’s Johanna Partin leads discussion with USDN and the Cities of London & Curitiba

November 13, 2014

For the second year in a row, C40 and the Urban Sustainability Directors Network (USDN) teamed up to bring a couple of international C40 cities to USDN’s annual meeting, held last month in Houston. C40’s Regional Director for North America, Johanna Partin, sat down with select participants to get their thoughts on the exchange.

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VIDEOS: City Climate Leadership Award Winners

October 28, 2014

At the City Climate Leadership Awards ceremony in New York in September, the C40 News team interviewed representatives from several of the winning cities. The interviews, which were also syndicated on Denmark’s largest TV network, gave the winners an opportunity to share the successes of their projects, the impact cities can have in a global context, and what it means to be part of C40.

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Expert Voices: Matthew Pencharz, Senior Advisor to the Mayor of London on Environment and Energy – “taking climate action can boost London’s economy”

September 30, 2014

A recent report by business and economic leaders had a clear message that taking climate action can help, not hinder economic growth.

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In Focus City Reports: London

June 4, 2014 London

The In Focus city reports provide valuable insight into the efforts of the world's leading cities to become more sustainable. This report has been developed with C40's official reporting partner, CDP Cities, and AECOM, using data submitted through CDP's reporting platform. It conveys information about how London perceives its climate risk, measures key climate change-related data, and manages climate action.

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Case study

Greening the BIDs: Private-public collaboration to deliver green infrastructure opportunities

Blog post

In Conversation: C40’s Johanna Partin leads discussion with USDN and the Cities of London & Curitiba

Blog post

VIDEOS: City Climate Leadership Award Winners

Blog post

Expert Voices: Matthew Pencharz, Senior Advisor to the Mayor of London on Environment and Energy – “taking climate action can boost London’s economy”

Case study

In Focus City Reports: London