The Carbon Neutral Cities Alliance, a global collaboration of cities making deep cuts in their GHG emissions, and the Innovation Network for Communities have produced a new report, Game Changers: Bold Actions by Cities to Accelerate Progress Toward Carbon Neutrality, featuring seven Game Changers–policies, programs, investments, regulations–that CNCA cities…
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Doing research on the development of electric-vehicle charging infrastructure in cities around the world prompted a question: how did the first gasoline-filling stations become about? Once upon a time, there were no filling stations and no gas-powered vehicles. That was in the late 1800s–a situation much…
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The creative destruction of the fossil-fuel energy sector that is underway offers cities unique economic opportunities, as well as the pain of a massive transition. Few cities have done more than Vancouver to convert the opportunities into short-term economic activity and long-term positioning in the emerging…
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We’re pleased to usher this guide, “Pathways to 100,” into the urban space where more and more cities are pursuing the goal of 100% renewable energy. It is designed by our Meister Consultants Group colleagues to help cities plan for a transition towards 100% renewable electricity supply.…
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“Our carbon language is very confusing. We hear, ‘I’m negative carbon,’ but that’s a positive. We’ve demonized carbon. Poor little carbon. It was innocent, but now it’s a demon… We also hear ‘net zero.’ You can release so much carbon and do so much renewable power…
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Until the summer of 2016, I spent the first 25 years of my career in the non-profit sector advocating, teaching, lawyering, writing and entrepreneuring for social change as sustainable communities. I built two successful non-profits from scratch, both Boston-based and dedicated to greening low-income neighborhoods and…
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September 12, 2018 | Carbon-Free Advantage, Cities, Innovation Network for Communities, Rebel Alliance, Urban Climate Innovation
