A new interactive map plots local commitments to fight climate change across the world…
ICLEI (local governments for sustainability) and the City of Copenhagen have joined forces to create The City Climate Catalogue and a corresponding map showing climate commitments of local municipalities all over the world. The full database lists 2,886 communities to date. Is your city on the map?
Grist reports that mayors from around the world signed a voluntary pact to reduce greenhouse gas emissions at a Mexico City meeting that is precursor to U.N.-sponsored climate talks in Cancun this week.
“We have to tell the international community that it’s in the cities that the battle to slow global warming will be won,” said Mexico City Mayor Marcelo Ebrard. (more…)
A small beach community in Southern California has announced its plans to aim for carbon neutraility. With only 1.3 square miles, the goal may not be as challenging as it is for other cities, but Hermosa Beach mayor, Michael DiVirgilio, sees his city as a “perfect partner for those who want to collaborate with a city that’s nimble and motivated to showcase the latest emission-cutting, energy-saving and pocketbook-focused products and services.”
Could the leading U.S. city in the fight against climate change be Austin Texas? The City of Austin, population approx 750,000 and metro area of 1.8 million, plans to be carbon neutral by 2020: that means government facilities, vehicles and operations.
Look out New York, Chicago, San Francisco, Portland, Seattle and all you others…here comes Austin!
With a call to use less and live better, Vancouver has laid down the challenge to become what they call the “greenest city in the world” by 2020.
They are laying down an international challenge for other cities to compete with them for the “greenest city” title.
The race to build a zero-carbon city is on…but what does that mean? The provocative and challenging question for any city taking on the challenge of carbon neutrality is: How do you define carbon neutral?
Seattle is grappling with this question and has enlisted the talents of the Stockholm Environment Institute to help them answer it by the end of this year. Back in 2008, Bloomberg Business Week explored several (more…)
