In a report featured in GreenBiz–“Opportunity zones could provide major boost for clean energy, sustainable development”–INC partners Julia Parzen & Graham Richard explain how the federal Opportunity Zone program can be leveraged to produce gains for communities, investors, and the planet. Julia and Graham chart various innovative ways…
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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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Global cities that are committed to some version of carbon neutrality by 2050 have a daunting set of challenges to figure out. Chief among these is how to eliminate the use of natural gas as a fuel for electricity generation and building heating. In most cities,…
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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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November 13, 2017 | Carbon-Free Advantage, Cities, Renewable Energy, Reports, Urban Climate Innovation
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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October 19, 2017 | Adaptive Futures, Carbon-Free Advantage, Cities, Innovation Network for Communities, Renewable Energy, System Scale, Urban Climate Innovation, Urban Operating System
Which geographic entity in the Western Hemisphere has 22 million workers, a $4.3 trillion Gross Domestic Product, headquarters for about a third of the Fortune 500 companies, and is steadily reducing its GHG emissions and investing in its resilience to climate changes—all while increasing economic activity…
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