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C40 Cities launches latest edition of Reinventing Cities

Planning and redevelopment19 Feb 2024

The competition aims to transform underutilised urban sites into innovative, zero-carbon and resilient projects delivering environmental and social benefits.

Cop28: Driving climate action in cities

Climate action07 Dec 2023

Initiatives announced on the Cop28 Multilevel Action, Urbanisation, Built Environment and Transport Day included tools to measure methane emissions and benefits of 15-minute cities.

Cop28: Cities join Breathe Cities clean air initiative

Climate action04 Dec 2023

Breathe Cities aims to contribute to a reduction of air pollution by 30 per cent by 2030 and prevent almost 40,000 premature deaths in selected cities.

C40 Cities announces co-chair model to drive climate action

Climate action09 Nov 2023

Co-chair model requires there to be one mayor from the Global North and one from the Global South to demonstrate inclusive global leadership in climate action.

C40 Cities calls on students to reinvent cities using Minecraft

Climate action06 Nov 2023

With Minecraft Education, C40 Cities has developed the Schools Reinventing Cities Toolkit to give schools and classrooms the opportunity to join the challenge.

Students take 15-minute city approach to reimagining urban spaces

Planning and redevelopment30 Oct 2023

C40 Cities’ second Students Reinventing Cities competition integrates the 15-minute city and proximity approach to creating green and thriving neighbourhoods.

Why now is a pivotal moment for urban climate action

Climate action18 Sep 2023

Mark Watts, executive director, C40 Cities and Claus Mathisen, CEO, Urban Partners, explain why the 15-minute city concept represents a major opportunity to transform the world’s cities for the better

Climate budgeting in cities: where and how to get started

Climate action18 Jul 2023

SmartCitiesWorld talks to C40 Cities’ head of climate budgeting and the Greater London Authority’s interim CFO about the potential of climate budgeting, and how its future success lies in linking long-term action with a city’s immediate needs.

C40 Cities launches inclusive climate action fund

Climate action30 Jun 2023

It will support science-driven, local climate initiatives in cities, starting with Bogotá, Dar es Salaam, Los Angeles, Quezon City, Vancouver and Warsaw.

Global platform supports proximity in urban planning

Planning and redevelopment06 Jun 2023

By placing people at the centre of the urban plan, proximity concept focuses on ensuring an equitable distribution of all essential social functions of the city.

C40 expands support for climate initiatives in Latin America

Climate action10 May 2023

The Climate Action Implementation programme will help Bogotá, Guadalajara, Lima, Medellín and Mexico City progress plans to become carbon-neutral by 2050.

The case for 15-minute cities

Planning and redevelopment15 Mar 2023

Hélène Chartier, director of urban planning and design, C40 Cities, explains why the approach can create greener, happier, healthier and more prosperous global cities.

C40 Cities partners with Arup for urban climate action

Climate action13 Feb 2023

Arup will work with C40 to overcome barriers to climate action in cities and help develop new and innovative approaches to increase climate resilience.

Cop27: Learn from cities’ climate action, say global mayors

Cop2707 Nov 2022

A delegation of mayors from C40 Cities attending the climate change conference will show how cities are already delivering immediate, urgently needed action.

C40 and mayors offer US Inflation Reduction Act guidance

Economic Development31 Oct 2022

Guidebook advises US mayors and city staff on the opportunities for local governments, organisations, and businesses to implement the Inflation Reduction Act and address climate change.

C40 and Google partner on carbon-free energy initiative

Climate action25 Oct 2022

Programme seeks to empower cities around the world to run entirely on clean energy, every hour of every day and accelerate the decarbonisation of regional electricity grids.

Climate projects named as finalists in C40-Bloomberg awards

Climate action19 Aug 2022

The awards celebrate the most ambitious and impactful projects, spearheaded by mayors from around the world to tackle the global climate crisis.

Indian smart city joins C40 network as a mega city

News15 Jul 2022

Ahmedabad in Gujarat, one of the 100 cities to participate in India’s Smart Cities programme, will work with the network to accelerate urban climate action.

Mayors need more power to take local urban climate action

Climate action30 Jun 2022

Analysis by the C40 Cities network urges national governments to learn from cities, devolve powers, and provide funding to local leaders to enable them to go further, faster.

London tube moves step closer to renewable energy

Batteries and renewables27 Jun 2022

As London Climate Action Week gets underway, Transport for London has launched a power purchase agreement tender with the ambition of using 100 per cent renewable source electricity across its operations by 2030.

Urgent climate action needed by cities to address floods and drought

Climate action23 Jun 2022

A study from the C40 Cities global network quantifies the dire impact of climate-driven drought and flooding on the world’s largest cities in the next three decades.

Cities urged to prepare for more extreme urban heat

Climate action14 Jun 2022

On the inaugural global Heat Action Day, C40 Cities and International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies are urging cities to prepare for what is described as the silent killer of climate change.

African cities commit to improving air quality

Air quality26 May 2022

The cities have signed the C40 Clean Air Cities Declaration to address air pollution, which has become the second-largest cause of death on the African continent.

Cities boost sustainability by mapping consumption emissions

Climate action10 May 2022

Inventories will enable London and New York City to develop a suite of actions to incentivise more sustainable consumption in collaboration with people and businesses and pioneer new ways to measure emissions.

Call for innovative projects to stimulate low-carbon urban development

Climate action06 May 2022

C40 is inviting creative multidisciplinary teams – including architects, developers, community groups and more – to compete to design and develop climate-friendly urban projects.

Ports and C40 Cities to create trans-Pacific green shipping corridor

Logistics31 Jan 2022

The two ports and partners, including shipping lines, and cargo owners in China and the US have committed to deliver an implementation plan for the project by the end of 2022.

Miami grants approval to carbon neutrality by 2050 plan

Commercial buildings23 Nov 2021

The Miami Forever Carbon Neutral plan provides a “robust, science-driven and implementable” action plan to reduce the city’s contribution to greenhouse gas emissions.

Cop26: C40 Cities launches clean construction coalition to halve emissions by 2030

Commercial buildings11 Nov 2021

C40 cautions that only joint actions from cities, industry and workers will halve emissions from the global built environment sector by 2030 to limit global warming to 1.5 degrees.

Cop26: use of public transport must double to meet climate targets

News10 Nov 2021

C40 Cities and the International Transport Workers’ Federation are calling on the world’s governments to prioritise sustainable long-term investment in public transport.

Cop26: mayors release action agenda to accelerate global response

News09 Nov 2021

C40 Cities and the Mayors Migration Council set out specific measures, already being delivered in many cities around the world, which must become the “new normal” to deliver inclusive climate action.

US and Italy positioned to leverage recovery funds to create good quality green jobs

News02 Nov 2021

Analysis shows how cities can capitalise on recovery stimulus funding to boost their economy and address climate change to build more resilient, sustainable, and liveable communities.

Danish municipalities advance their climate action plans

News28 Sep 2021

A total of 94 Danish municipalities have committed to a global framework for how cities and municipalities can contribute to achieving the objectives of the Paris Agreement.

Neighbourhoods urged to use 15-minute city principles to become greener

News13 Sep 2021

Arup and C40 Cities Climate Leadership Group have published a guidebook for city authorities, developers and communities to help deliver net-zero at neighbourhood level.

Green investment by Canadian cities could create three million jobs

News12 Apr 2021

Analysis by C40 Cities highlights the economic and health benefits for Canadians of investing in city-led efforts to secure a green and just recovery from the Covid-19 pandemic.

Mayors call on the G20 to deliver green, just and local recovery

Demographic change09 Mar 2021

The mayors of Milan and Rome highlight the imperative for G20 countries to use recovery funding in a way that advances, not hinders, ambitious and equitable climate action ahead of COP26.

Cities urged to consider green banks to deliver a green and just recovery

News13 Nov 2020

C40 Cities has published a guide on why and how cities should explore this sustainable approach to financing, based on the experiences of major locally operating green banks.

Mayors warn that Covid stimulus funds must be directed at a green recovery

News28 Oct 2020

In a statement released today, the C40 Global Mayors Covid-19 Recovery Task Force warned that a “high-carbon recovery” will accelerate climate breakdown, endanger public health, cost lives and sacrifice jobs.

C40 Cities unites global mayors and youth to tackle the climate emergency

News07 Oct 2020

Recognising that the climate crisis demands new kinds of partnerships and ideas, the Global Youth and Mayors Forum is designed to ensure that all voices are represented in global decision-making.

Mayors put forward a 'green and just' Covid-19 recovery plan

News17 Jul 2020

The C40 Cities network has announced its agenda for delivering a sustainable and equitable recovery plan from the pandemic and calls for support for the vision from national government.

Danish municipalities launch ambitious climate action plans

News01 Jul 2020

Samsø and Sønderborg have launched their strategies as part of the Danish Deadline 2020 project, DK2020, which is aligned with the Paris Agreement.

Global mayors come together to lead Covid-19 recovery task force

News29 Apr 2020

Chaired by the mayor of Milan, the task force has been established to drive forward an economic recovery that improves public health, reduces inequality and addresses the climate crisis.

Global mayors launch Covid-19 recovery task force

News17 Apr 2020

The C40 Cities initiative was unveiled during a virtual meeting of mayors and city leaders from 25 countries who will come together to share knowledge and expertise.

Los Angeles confronts climate change on the streets

News29 Oct 2019

The city has launched the first of 10 projects that aim to lower neighbourhood temperatures and advance the goals of the LA mayor’s Green New Deal.

Mayors back a Global Green New Deal

News10 Oct 2019

Mayors from around the world are committing to help transfer global resources away from fossil fuels "into action" that averts the climate emergency.

Cities commit to ‘clean construction’ to cut building emissions by up to 44 per cent

News09 Oct 2019

Copenhagen, Oslo and Stockholm have pledged to reduce emissions from construction as new research is released.

30 cities say their greenhouse gas emissions have peaked

News08 Oct 2019

Austin, Athens, Lisbon and Venice are the latest major cities to have ‘peaked’ their greenhouse gas emissions, meaning they won’t rise any further and are now falling.

Mayor calls upon national governments to join cities in climate action

News24 Sep 2019

At the conclusion of the UN Climate Action Summit, chair of C40 and mayor of Paris, Anne Hidalgo, urged all nation states to step up and commit to science-based targets.

Green development bank proposed for cities

News01 May 2019

C40 Cities and the Overseas Development Institute are inviting feedback on a proposal for a new finance institution that would help cities fund green initiatives.

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