urban sustainability News
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Call for Papers: International Journal of Urban Sustainable Development
International Journal of Urban Sustainable Development - New in 2009We invite you to showcase your research in the International Journal of Urban Sustainable Development.Authors are invited to submit papers to the Editor Ramin Keivani at: rkeivani@brookes.ac.ukInternational Journal of Urban Sustainable Development aims to provide a forum for cutting edge research and rigorous debate for in-depth ...
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29 finalists identified in 10 categories for the inaugural C40 & Siemens City Climate Leadership Awards
Global Prize Competition Highlights Excellence in Urban Sustainability Siemens and the C40 Cities Climate Leadership Group (C40) today announced the 29 finalist cities competing in 10 categories for the initial City Climate Leadership Awards. The winners will be named at the Awards presentation event in London, at the Crystal on September 4, ...
By C40 Cities
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Local people place different values on urban sustainability indicators
Progress towards achieving a sustainable urban environment may be measured by sustainability indicators (SIs), which can be chosen to represent values that are important to local communities. A recent study has assessed a set of SIs developed by both sustainability experts and local citizens and suggests that local communities can attach different values to SIs to reflect local values and ...
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New US Brazil joint initiative tool informs global urban infrastructure investments
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Lisa P. Jackson and Brazilian Minister for the Environment Izabella Teixeira today announced a new online tool that highlights key links between policies, funding and on-the-ground projects that can help drive urban sustainability investment around the world. The benefits of sustainable urban infrastructure include healthier air and water, ...
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C40 & Siemens Kick Off 2014 City Climate Leadership Awards
We are pleased to announce that the application process for the 2014 C40 & Siemens City Climate Leadership Awards is now open. Last year’s inaugural C40 & Siemens City Climate Leadership Awards was a rousing success, recognizing ten global cities for their leadership in urban sustainability. An event held at the Crystal in London drew city leaders and experts from around the world, ...
By C40 Cities
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EPA administrator jackson to lead public-private delegation to brazil / initiative seeks to expand us environmental business markets, create us jobs, build greener economies and healthier cities
On August 15-19, US Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lisa P. Jackson will travel to Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, with the mayor of Philadelphia Michael Nutter and representatives from US industry, government, academia and non-governmental organizations including, CH2MHILL, Morgan Stanley, Microsoft Corporation, Alcoa, the Rockefeller Foundation, Harvard University, C40 Cities and others ...
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C40 & Siemens inaugural City Climate Leadership Awards honor ten cities for excellence in urban sustainability
Siemens and the C40 Cities Climate Leadership Group (C40) announced the winners of the inaugural City Climate Leadership Awards at a ceremony held this evening at the Crystal in London. The Awards honored ten cities for excellence in urban sustainability and leadership in the fight against climate change. The winning cities and their award categories are: Bogota (Urban Transportation) ...
By C40 Cities
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Mayors gather at UN to discuss practical steps for dealing with urban environmental problems
Mayors and other representatives from some of the world’s biggest and most rapidly growing cities have been meeting at United Nations Headquarters in New York over the past two days to examine how they can harness innovative forms of technology to overcome the environmental problems caused by the relentless expansion of urban areas. Participants at this week’s conference, entitled “Sustainable ...
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Water in the New Urban Agenda
This year, the World Water Council and other international organizations have been striving to make water a bigger focus of the conversation around cities. Notably, during last week’s UN Conference on Housing and Sustainable Urban Development (Habitat III), the “New Urban Agenda” was adopted in the presence of a record number of attendees. This outcome document, in which water ...
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EPA administrator leads U.S. delegation to Paris for meetings on economic and environmental cooperation
Today U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Lisa P. Jackson arrived in Paris, France to meet with environmental leaders from more than 40 nations to discuss the Agency’s international efforts on urban sustainability. During the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) Environment Policy Committee's ministerial meeting, Administrator Jackson will ...
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Transport and Environment: Aberdeen and Zagreb win EU sustainable mobility awards
The European Commission has announced the winners of the 2012 European Mobility Week Award and of the Sustainable Urban Mobility Plans Award. The cities were presented with their awards by European Commissioners Siim Kallas and Janez Potočnik at a joint award ceremony in Brussels, Belgium (Théâtre du Vaudeville) on 6 March. Vice-President Siim Kallas, responsible for Transport, ...
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Sustainable urbanization key to sustainable growth, says ADB
With more than one billion people in the Asia and Pacific region expected to join the urban population in the next 20 years, sustainable economic development is not possible without sustainable urbanization, said a senior official from the Asian Development Bank (ADB). In his speech to the Regional Workshop on Sustainable Urbanization, Klaus Gerhaeusser, Director General of ADB's East Asia ...
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Nomination deadline approaching for 2011 globe awards for environmental excellence
The deadline for nominations for the 9th edition of the GLOBE Awards for Environmental Excellence is March 18, 2011. The GLOBE Awards are presented annually to extraordinary companies and industry groups from across the country that have shown an exceptional ability to balance competitive strategies and sustainable development. The 2011 GLOBE Awards will be presented in Vancouver the evening of ...
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EPA administrator Jackson participates in the Rio+20 un conference on sustainable development
Tuesday, June 19, to Friday, June 22, 2012, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Lisa P. Jackson will join international policy-makers, business leaders and youth leaders at the UN Rio+20 Conference on Sustainable Development. Discussions will focus on actions individuals, institutions, governments, and the private sector can take to achieve environmental protection, social ...
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First United Smart Cities SMART CITY LAB Opens in Vienna
According to United Nations estimates, around two-thirds of the world's population will live in urban areas by 2050. Smart sustainable cities technologies and approaches, including those based on ICT solutions and Internet of Things (IoT) are already helping people to overcome multiple challenges of urban development and to progress towards achieving global objectives for cities, particularly ...
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WRI and UN-Habitat partner to support sustainable urban mobility
The United Nations Human Settlements Program (UN–Habitat) and EMBARQ, the World Resources Institute’s center for sustainable transport, are partnering to create more sustainable cities by working to provide universal access to safe, clean and affordable transport. The new initiative will focus on the needs of poor and vulnerable groups, and finding more ways to incorporate transport ...
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Grundfos to train Chinese mayors
In order to promote green growth during China’s urbanization process, and for city mayors to better understand the advanced Danish experience, the China Association of Mayors and Grundfos (China) Holding Co., Ltd have signed a Memorandum of Understanding for Strategic Cooperation at Diaoyutai State Guesthouse on November 27th, 2014. Humphrey Lau, Group Senior Vice President & CEO to ...
By Grundfos
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Geotechnics in Urban Infrastructure
Meet us at the mgs GEOSS Geotechnical Conference on 24-26 June 2019 at the Hilton Petaling Jaya, Malaysia. CeTeau is a Bronze sponsor of the 1st Malaysian Geotechnical Society - Geotechnical Society of Singapore Geotechnical Conference (1MGSSC), which will be held on 24 - 26 June 2019 at Hilton Petaling Jaya, Selangor, Malaysia. Infrastructure spend in Malaysia and Singapore has been ...
By CeTeau B.V.
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Lithuania teams up with EIB to support sustainable cities
The European Investment Bank (EIB), the Ministry of Finance and the Ministry of Environment of the Republic of Lithuania signed an agreement on 11 June 2009 to strengthen co-operation in financing sustainable urban development. The agreement is under the joint European Commission and EIB initiative, supported by the Council of Europe Development Bank, Joint European Support for Sustainable ...
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Exchanging on asset management digitalization best practices
Siveco China has long been promoting exchanges with the industrial community, for mutual learning and ultimately to foster better asset management and digitalization practices. Recently returned from a long trip in South East Asia, setting up new operations, our Managing Director was invited to speak at several conferences in Shanghai. This article highlights some of these events. The 3rd ...
By Siveco China
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