Siemens: Accelerating Low-carbon Development in Emerging Cities through City-business Cooperation

As a key partner of the Cities & Regions Pavilion – TAP2015, Siemens will host a session on Tuesday 8 December from 11.00 to 12.30 in the Agora Hall. Entitled “Accelerating Low-Carbon Development in Emerging Cities through City-Business Cooperation”, the session will convene global business leaders and mayors to discuss low-carbon investments and the potential 

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Metropolitan Solutions Interviews: Pedro Pires de Miranda

Pedro Pires de Miranda is Corporate Vice President at Siemens AG. Question: In your experience, in what ways do cities and businesses work well together? Pedro Pires de Miranda: First of all, it becomes a topic of leadership from the city. If the city has clear leadership, be it at the Mayoral level or in 

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Rapid Chinese urbanization focus of opening day at Metropolitan Solutions 2015

ICLEI was delighted to welcome leading figures from Chinese cities, institutions and government to Berlin for the Sustainable Urban China conference, which took place on the opening day of Metropolitan Solutions 2015. Aixing Han (Deputy Director General, Department of Energy Efficiency in Buildings, Science and Technology, Ministry of Housing and Urban-rural Development, Beijing, China) emphasized 

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