Hunter Lovins and I recently published a book entitled Climate Capitalism to share stories of cities and companies around the world who are profiting from that transition to the low carbon economy. As I mentioned in my previous post, if we refocus our efforts on the right solutions soon enough, we can mitigate the worst of climate change while actually improving our city economies and growing corporate profits. “The battle to prevent catastrophic climate change will be won or lost in our cities.” (C40 Cities Initiative)Ĭities account for up to 80% of GHG emissions globally and are home to more than 50% of the world’s population (headed to 60%, 5 billion people by 2030). Green Building Council, are launching a National Leadership Speaker Series on Resiliency and Security in the 21 st Century.
In fact, today, leaders from the public and private sector, supported by ICLEI (see below) and the U.S. Resilient cities, those that are working to transition towards a low-carbon economy while also preparing to avert the worst of climate change, are gaining interest and attention from policy makers, city councils and others worldwide. By Boyd Cohen, Ph.D., CO2 IMPACT and Co-Author, Climate Capitalism
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