Copenhagen is striving to be the first carbon neutral city in the world, and is well on the way toward this goal, with a 31% absolute reduction and a 40% per capita drop in greenhouse gas emissions since 2005. In 2014, the London School of Economics named Copenhagen a green growth leader, recognizing its achievements
ICLEI and ENGIE hosted a session at the Cities & Regions Pavilion – TAP2015 at COP21 on Wednesday, 2 December. Entitled “Outsourcing of municipal services – two case studies from the UK,” the session presented preliminary findings from two cases of public sector outsourcing and discussed them in terms of the opportunities and challenges of
On Saturday, 5 December, six visionary city leaders came together in the Cities & Regions Pavilion to display their actions to advance ecomobility in their cities. The session was organized by the City of Johannesburg and ICLEI. The EcoMobility World Festival 2015 in October in Johannesburg constituted a landmark in the history of South African
As a key partner of the Cities & Regions Pavilion – TAP2015, the Global Environment Facility (GEF) will host two sessions: “Innovative Finance for Urban Resilience” on Tuesday, 8 December from 16.00 to 17.00 in the Pavilion Agora, and “Sustainable Cities Integrated Approach Pilot: A City-based Approach” on Wednesday, 9 December from 11.15 to 12.45
Participants in the Global Lead City Network on Sustainable Procurement (GLCN on SP) have come together on Saturday 5 December at the COP21 to celebrate their first annual Summit in the Cities & Regions Pavilion – TAP2015. Auckland, Cape Town, Denver, Ghent, Helsinki, Oslo, Quezon, Rotterdam, Seoul and Warsaw are all participants of this Network,
Is it possible to use the words “sexy” and “cost effective” in the same sentence? It is, if you are talking about modern district energy. Three district energy champion cities – Saint Paul (USA), Malmö (Sweden) and Gothenburg (Sweden) took the stage to show how “hot” this topic is for achieving a climate-smart, resilient and
The Vancouver Economic Commission (VEC) hosted a workshop at the Cities & Regions Pavilion – TAP2015 at COP21 on Saturday, 5 December. In the session, VEC described its success in stimulating green economic development, assessing which aspects could be replicated in other cities and detailing the challenges that cities might face in this endeavor. Raymond
The North American TAP Time session on Friday, 4 December at the Cities & Regions Pavilion presented transformative projects from six North American cities. These projects were selected through a competitive application process and are recognized at the TAP Pavilion for their ambition and potential to accelerate climate actions locally. The “Big Blue Bus Electrification” is a
ICLEI hosted a session entitled “Local Action, Global Results: From Recognition to Raising Ambitions” at the Cities & Regions Pavilion on 5 December. Attended by city leaders from around the world, the session allowed participants to share achievements on local climate action and to look to the future. Wonsoon Park, Mayor of Seoul and
On 4 December 2015, hundreds of mayors convened at Paris City Hall for the Climate Summit for Local Leaders, as part of the largest global convening of mayors, governors and local leaders focused on climate change. The afternoon general session began with opening remarks from cohosts Anne Hidalgo, Mayor of Paris, and Michael Bloomberg, UN