Entitled 'Net-Zero Carbon Cities: An Integrated Approach', and developed in collaboration with the WEF, the report outlines the need and benefit deriving from an integrated energy approach in planning and managing buildings, mobility, leveraging on a digitalized and intelligent grid infrastructure in an urban context.
Cities today account for nearly 70% of global carbon emissions and consume 78% of the planet's energy, making such an approach critical to reaching the goal of limiting the rise in global temperatures to 1.5C above pre-industrial levels.
'The COVID-19 crisis has reinforced the importance of global partnerships as we strive to make our cities and societies more sustainable, inclusive and resilient,' said
'To ensure a successful energy transition, we must work together, calling on local and national public administrations, private sector players and civil society to take on the common agenda of reducing our emissions,' said
The report was developed within the WEF's Net Zero Carbon Cities - Systemic Efficiency Initiative, co-chaired by
It articulates the need for an integrated approach to improving energy productivity, electrifying transport, decarbonizing heating and cooling systems, as well as enabling demand-side flexibility, in addition to providing concrete recommendations and instructive experience-sharing around these concepts.
The framework paper - as the first deliverable of this cooperation - is kicking off a list of future deliverables, among them; toolkits, interactive digital platform and building & cities metrics to measure the progress of cities towards a green and sustainable transition. Each deliverable will be the result of a close collaboration between major cities and several mayoral networks, as well as high-level representatives from academia, non-governmental organizations, industry and finance.
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