Excerpt from Life After Carbon, chapter 2, “Urban Climate Innovation Laboratories” Before climate change arrived in the headlines in the late 1980s, the groundwork for climate leadership had been laid. The creators of urban climate innovation labs span three overlapping generations, each of which experienced its own jolt of awakening and…
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September 12, 2018 | Carbon-Free Advantage, Cities, Innovation Network for Communities, Rebel Alliance, Urban Climate Innovation
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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As our group of about 50 lined up to have its picture taken, our photographer said, “Look angry. Climate change is serious. Don’t smile.” What a dilemma: we were having fun, being with each other at the once-a-year gathering of the Carbon Neutral Cities Alliance (CNCA),…
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Do. Or do not. There is no try. — Master Yoda (The Empire Strikes Back) For more than two decades, growing numbers of cities have been doing what comes naturally: engaging with each other worldwide in formal and informal networks to share what they’ve learned about urban climate innovations…
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The US Water Alliance’s new report, Advancing One Water Through Arts and Culture: A Blueprint for Action, offers a compelling framework, loaded with examples. of how system change agents can partner with artists. In this case, water-management systems are the target, but much of the USWA…
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On the big screen at the front of the darkened hall, these words appeared: A long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away… Familiar music blared out: the theme from Star Wars. Then more words: Episode XXX THE ALLIANCE AWAKENS It is a time of deep…
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