Tag Archives: Sustainable Cities
Landstrips and Sustainable City Development
It is a common misconception that sustainability in air travel is just about curbing CO2 emissions from airplanes. Of course this helps but the aviation industry’s responsibilities are far wider than this. The sector is responsible for about 2 per … Continue reading
Categories: Climate Change, Leadership and Sustainability, News, Transport
No Plan B for the Planet
It’s worrying me that it is so difficult to build understanding between national governments. We are all developing nations and need to understand how conditions are different depending on where we live on our planet. Mayors in cities seem to … Continue reading
Categories: Interviews, Leadership and Sustainability, News, Political Governance
European Mayors team up with Chinas cities
Thursday, 3 May, will see the launch event of the EU-China Partnership on Sustainable Urbanisation. It is is an ongoing process to develop a Global Network of Mayors and cities to strenght the ambition to meet the global challenges. The … Continue reading
Categories: China, News, Sustainable Cities
Stockholm +40: the first concrete step for the Rio + 20
I spent three days this week attending the Stockholm+ 40 conference. We were a pretty eclectic group, formed of politicians, business people, young thinkers and legislators from many countries but with one common goal: to try and progress in this … Continue reading
Categories: Leadership and Sustainability, News, Okategoriserade, Rio+20
Stockholm+40 – Sustainable Solutions on the Agenda
On 23-25 April 2012 Sweden’s Ministry of Environment and Ministry for Foreign Affairs opens an international conference, Stockholm+40 - Partnership Forum for Sustainable Development. The discussions, which will attract a number of the world’s leading political figures, mark the 30th anniversary of the … Continue reading
Waste, waste, waste…
It is always pleasing when you look below the surface and see real change in a market, city or organization. No more so than with the low-carbon economy, a market that is growing rapidly and creating a more sustainable model … Continue reading
Categories: News, Waste and producer responsibility
Ranking and awards to Sweden’s top sustainability figures
“You do not just get respect, you earn it”. This quote represents a core part of the values-based mission that led to the formation of Respect in 2000. Twelve years later and an increasing number of individuals are earning respect … Continue reading
Categories: Leadership and Sustainability, News
The climate issue is about more than activists on the streets
The disappointing failure of our national governments to agree on a climate treaty has prompted the return of protest and more traditional forms of activism that have drawn people onto the streets. The threat to our planet remains as serious, … Continue reading
New Cities Foundation
Ford Foundation is first philanthropic institution to join the New Cities Foundation Ford and NCF to jointly work on New Cities Summit session on urban social justice issues New York, USA – Thursday 16 February, 2012 – The New Cities … Continue reading
Categories: News, Sustainable Cities
Airlines look for a new landing strip….
Just before Christmas the European Union Court of Justice successfully upheld EU law to include foreign airlines in its Emission Trading Scheme (ETS). From this month, the EU Aviation Directive will force all airlines to buy carbon credits for flights … Continue reading
