How do you maintain the clarity of a message that reflects diverse scales of actors and contentious agendas? According to Ronan Dantec (Councilor, City of Nantes) the best way to do this – and ensure that your words become more than just a slogan – is to live your message. By reducing 50% of its
On 3 December, the Cities & Regions Pavilion hosted Jeffrey Sachs, Director of the UN Sustainable Development Solutions Network and of The Earth Institute at Columbia University, USA, for a TAP Talk on the possibilities for a fossil fuel-free future. Professor Sachs was joined by Mayor Karin Wanngård of Stockholm, Sweden and Mayor Monica Fein
Gheorge Falca, Mayor of Arad (Romania), shares his vision for how tranformative actions can change cities and which role innovation plays.
Thomas Hermann, Mayor of Hannover (Germany) is asked about the power of transformative actions to change cities, and the role of innovation to achieve low-carbon and sustainable cities.
World Resources Institute (WRI) hosted a session at the Cities & Regions Pavilion – TAP2015 at COP21 on Tuesday 2 December. Entitled “Better Cities in a New Climate Economy,” the session shared the results of the New Climate Economy (NCE) cities work, which underscores the important role that well-planned urbanization can have on economic, social,
In a session entitled “Climate Resilience and Disaster Risk Management in Asian Cities,” the OECD came together with the Global Initiative on Disaster Risk Management (GIDRM) at the Cities & Regions Pavilion at COP21 to discuss Climate Resilience in the context of Asian Cities. The session, which considered key policy challenges to the promotion of
“TAP Time” sessions at the Cities & Regions Pavilion showcase the most promising projects from the Transformative Actions Program (TAP). Today during the European TAP time, the cities of Bristol (UK), Reykjavik (Iceland) and Malmö (Sweden) gave us different and innovative ways to envision and implement solutions for low-carbon and resilient cities. The session began
The City of Bristol hosted a workshop at the Cities & Regions Pavilion – TAP2015 at COP21 on Tuesday, 1 December. Entitled “Economics of a Low Carbon City: Mini-Stern for Cities”, the session explored the most effective and efficient ways to decarbonize cities. In particular, it examined the Mini-Stern approach, which reviews the wide range
Lluís Torrens, director of Planning and Innovation at the Department of Human Rights of Barcelona City Council, explains how he thinks transformative actions can change cities and what are, in his opinion, the common challenge cities are facing.
Winners of the prestigious European Green Capital award convened at a session at the Cities & Regions Pavilion – TAP2015 at COP21 on Tuesday, 1 December. Entitled “European Green Capitals: The Winners Debate”, the session gave representatives of previous and current winning cities – Stockholm (2011), Hamburg (2012), Copenhagen (2013), Nantes (2014), Bristol (2015), and