April 27, 2018 | Cities, Climate Innovation Laboratory Cities, Consumption Reduction, Energy Efficiency
Whatever cities do to curb the GHG emissions within their boundaries, it won’t be enough if they don’t ensure that all new buildings constructed during the next decades are decarbonized. In many cities, new construction to accommodate growing populations is a major potential source of emissions.…
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March 15, 2018 | Adaptive Futures, Carbon-Free Advantage, Cities, Climate Innovation Laboratory Cities, Consumption Reduction, Green Branding, Renewable Energy, Urban Climate Innovation, Urban Transformation
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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January 4, 2018 | Cities, Climate Innovation Laboratory Cities, Consumption Reduction, Reports, Urban Transformation
It’s no secret that cities implementing sustainability efforts often need their residents and businesses to change their behaviors–and this can be very hard to do. A few years ago we noticed that New York, Boston, Washington, and a few other cities had put together a number…
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August 21, 2017 | China, Climate Innovation Laboratory Cities, Consumption Reduction, Energy Efficiency
SHANGHAI – The price of a ton of carbon emissions reached a high of 36 yuan, about US$6, the other day on this city’s unique trading exchange, which regulates more than 300 local enterprises, including the world’s busiest port, and the enormous Pudong airport. Shanghai’s four-year-old…
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August 17, 2017 | Books, Circular Economy, Consumption Reduction, Urban Transformation, Zero Waste
“Our lifestyles, and their social and environmental consequences, should be the subject of serious public debate and policy, not left as a matter simply of individual taste and purchasing power. . . . Such a debate has to be bold and envisage different lifestyles and the…
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