The City of Sao Paulo was recently host to the 11th Conference on Clean Production, which highlighted the growing global attention on the issue of environmental sustainability -- what Gilberto Natalini, a Sao Paulo city councillor and organizer of the event, called “humanity’s most important asset.”
When C40 City Rio de Janeiro took stock of risks and challenges -- from extreme weather, to traffic congestion, to upcoming mega-events such as Rio+20, it decided to create the Operations Center in the service of Cariocas (the citizens of Rio de Janeiro). Built in record time and located in the central zone of the city, Rio City Hall’s Operations Center was launched in December 2010, and remains one of the most cutting-edge centers of its kind in the world.
Jay Carson, Executive Director of C40, was recently featured in the leading Brazilian newspaper O Globo, talking about C40’s plans for the upcoming Rio+20 Summit in Brazil.
Yesterday, C40 Cities Chair Mayor Michael Bloomberg addressed KPMG International’s “Business Perspective on Sustainable Growth: Preparing for Rio+ 20” Summit. In his address, he lauded the progress PlaNYC, New York City’s sustainability agenda, has made over the past five years to improve the quality of air, water and life in New York. In particular, he emphasized the importance of public-private partnerships in meeting sustainability goals, noting the innovative steps New York has taken together with its real estate industry to improve the energy efficiency of both existing and new buildings – thereby tackling the greatest source of emissions in the city.
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