A3: Private sector cooperation in Piura, Santo Domingo, and Nacala

This post is part of our live blog series from the Resilient Cities 2015 congress. For more live blogs, please click here. One of the recurring subjects of a session on how three cities have been working within the USAID CRIS program to enhance resilience (especially towards sea-level rise and precipitation/drought extremes) was how to include the private 

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Opening Plenary: A Glocal Focus

This post is part of our live blog series from the Resilient Cities 2015 congress. For more live blogs, please click here. Resilient Cities 2015 opened with a local and global focus – or, as Mayor Jürgen Nimptsch of Bonn put it, a “glocal” focus. Nimptsch emphasized the importance of the congress, commenting: This is 

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ICLEI Links: 5 June 2015

Welcome to the latest edition of ICLEI Links, our roundup of sustainability-related news and commentary from around the web! ICLEI Stories New article by ICLEI Secretary General Gino Van Begin in Cities Today Resilient Cities 2015 Program Booklet is now online! Cities and businesses work to bridge gaps at Metropolitan Solutions 2015 Leading by example: 

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Cities in Action: Balikpapan, the Urban-LEDS Model City

Balikpapan is a seaport city on the east coast of the island of Borneo, in the Indonesian province of East Kalimantan. Based on the results of Balikpapan’s first GHG inventory, the Urban-LEDS Model City has set targets to reduce community emissions by 15.6% by 2020 from 2010 levels. The following Low-Emissions Development (LED) activities are 

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ICLEI Links: 29 May 2015

Welcome to the latest edition of ICLEI Links, our roundup of sustainability-related news and commentary from around the web! Thanks to all on Reddit and elsewhere for sharing. ICLEI Stories TAP the potential of local and regional climate action! – Launch of the Transformative Actions Program (TAP) application process ICLEI Member Vitoria-Gasteiz doubles cycling share City 

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Finance, Smart Cities and Startups feature in final day of ICLEI Lounge Talks

At the final day of ICLEI’s Lounge Talks, experts on finance presented to a large Central Asian Delegation. Eva Ringhof of GIZ Philippines spoke on issues around investing in Asian’s urban future, pointing out that over the next 20 years, Asian cities must be ready to provide infrastructure and services to an expected 1 billion 

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ICLEI Links: 22 May 2015

Welcome to the latest edition of ICLEI Links, our roundup of sustainability-related news and commentary from around the web! Thanks to all on Twitter and elsewhere for sharing. ICLEI Stories Submissions invited for Green Cooling Ideas Competition Metropolitan Solutions 2015 to feature Lounge Talks and Sustainable Urban China conference Rapid Chinese urbanization focus of opening 

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Urban cable cars and smart garbage cans at Day 2 of Lounge Talks

The second day of ICLEI’s Lounge Talks at Metropolitan Solutions 2015 began with a discussion on ecomobility. After presentations on Doppelmayr’s urban cable cars and Rupprecht Consulting’s Sustainable Urban Mobility Plans, participants engaged in an animated debate on how to make transport more environmentally sustainable. Speakers acknowledged that citizens are liable to opt for the 

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Metropolitan Solutions Interviews: Morten Højer

Morten Højer is Chief Advisor on Climate and Economy in the Technical and Environmental Department, City of Copenhagen Question: In your experience of seeing cities and businesses work together – when it goes well, why does it go well? Morten Højer: If you look at successful examples, and if you look at any kind of 

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Metropolitan Solutions Interviews: Gustaf Landahl

Gustaf Landahl is Head of the Department of Planning & Environment at the Environment and Health administration, City of Stockholm Question: What is your experience of getting cities to work with industry? Gustaf Landahl: Often you have the idea that cities and industry just work by cities ordering products from industry. But if you look 

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