Author: Diana Rojas
With two-thirds of the global population expected to live in cities by 2050, and 70 million more people migrating from the countryside to urban habitats every year, cities are growing in importance as climate actors, according to climate action disclosure platform CDP.
The extent to which cities are rising to this challenge, even where national government may be failing to grasp the nettle, is seen nowhere more clearly than in the United States.Image: Channels: EnvironmentTags: CDPWashingtonDCclimate changeLEED Platinum Citygreenhouse gas emissionsPark Cityrenewable energyregenerative agricultureCincinnatisolar power
This story was originally published by Ethical Corporation and can be accessed here.