C40 and the City of Milan will host the first Solid Waste Networks workshop, which will convene the cities interested in improving their Solid Waste Management Systems, October 1st-3rd, 2014.
The widely popular smartphone messaging service WhatsApp is no longer just being used to keep in touch with family or friends – it has become a tool to battle corruption, save lives, spread news and now, combat climate change.
Milan is a city with 1.36 million inhabitants and 800,000 commuters, within an area of only 182 km2, thus there are some critical issues such as lack of space within the city, and a high quantity of produced waste.
San Francisco recently won the Waste Management category at the inaugural C40 & Siemens City Climate Leadership Awards. Here the City’s Director of the Department of the Environment discusses the secrets behind the Zero Waste Program’s success.
On October 17th, the C40 City of Oslo held an Innovation Evening focused on urban climate leadership as part of the city’s week-long convention Oslo Innovation Week.
