April 15, 2018 | Climate Innovation Laboratory Cities, Modern City Model, Urban Climate Innovation
With all the media attention on autonomous vehicles, it’s easy to miss the outpouring of other innovations that are changing the use of city streets and roads. As cities around the world push to take their streets and roads back from cars–to cut GHG emissions, traffic…
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April 9, 2018 | Climate Adaptation, Climate Innovation Laboratory Cities, Urban Climate Innovation
John Cleveland is Executive Director of the Boston Green Ribbon Commission. This briefing document prepared with Amy Longsworth, GRC Director, in late 2017. Re: The Boston Green Ribbon Commission Mission: The Boston Green Ribbon Commission (GRC) convenes leaders from Boston’s key sectors to support the outcomes of…
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April 4, 2018 | Adaptive Futures, Climate Adaptation, Modern City Model, Urban Climate Innovation, Urban Transformation
“Rethinking Cities in Arid Environments”–the latest in Arup’s “Cities Alive” series–offers fascinating insights into the urban climate adaptation challenge that gets little attention (so far) compared to sea level rise. cloudbursts, and river flooding. Arid environments–zones with scarce fresh water and precipitation–will become more challenging for…
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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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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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