Paris. Copenhagen. Sydney: the three cities named by a distinguished panel I moderated, at the Environmental Grantmakers Association’s annual meeting, during which panelists were asked which city they had learned the most from about how to deal with climate change. Copenhagen was Seattle Chief Resilience Officer…
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New ways of monitoring and mapping a city’s space are an important part of developing plans for climate action and also engaging community members. The use of “big data” analysis and crowdsourcing of data are examples of how digitalization is helping cities to understand their spaces.…
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Copenhagen’s vision for 2025, “Co-Create Copenhagen,” integrates its climate action strategies for GHG reduction and climate-change adaptation with a broader approach to the city’s development in the 21st century. This approach is not unique among leading-edge climate innovation cities, but CPH has been at it for…
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INC WORK IN PROGRESS The other day we started to look at materials from 14 cities in North America, Europe, and Australia that have been figuring out how to link/integrate their plans and actions for reducing GHG emissions in the city with the same for increasing…
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The divide widens every day between urban and rural communities in parts of the developing world. I experienced this trend first-hand during the month I spent on the island of Borneo in Southeast Asia. I saw how this divide can be so substantial that the concepts…
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September 13, 2017 | Cities, Climate Adaptation, Innovation Network for Communities, Reports, Urban Climate Innovation
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