Sentences with phrase «global city initiative»

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The C40 Cities Climate Leadership Group, bringing together more than 90 cities representing over 650 million people and a quarter of the global economy, has several initiatives undCities Climate Leadership Group, bringing together more than 90 cities representing over 650 million people and a quarter of the global economy, has several initiatives undcities representing over 650 million people and a quarter of the global economy, has several initiatives underway.

Other highlights for the year included the introduction of GVBOT's Pillar Partners, the expansion of the Company of Young Professionals program to Richmond, North Vancouver, and the Tri-Cities, a new advocacy initiative with the Canadian Global Cities Council, and the WE FOR SHE Conference on gender diversity.

Dubbed Xiong «An Global Blockchain Innovation Fund, the new initiative was announced Monday at the opening ceremony of a new Blockchain Industrial Park in Hangzhou - a Chinese city noted for its support for innovation and which plays host to major companies such as Alibaba.

The three day event draws on elements of the WABA Global Forum III event originally planned for Quebec City in June 2010, the World Breastfeeding Week (WBW) campaigns past and present, the World Breastfeeding Trends initiative (WBTi) and others.

At 11 a.m., Karibu Global Initiatives and partners host a press conference to highlight the situation of rural girls and women in the Democratic Republic of Congo and the necessity for peaceful elections, City Hall steps, Manhattan.

The Partnership champions private and public sector initiatives that reinforce the city's strengths as a hub for innovation and a magnet for global talent.

In the waning months of the Bloomberg administration, however, the iZone initiative, and schools like Global Tech — which have benefited from extra funding and support offered through the program — are being buffeted by a series of changes, from budget cuts to city - wide implementation of the Common Core state standards.

Despite these concerns and apprehensions about the effects of global financial instability on New York City's economy, the executive budget added a number of new initiatives.

IIASA Researcher Linda See, partner within the WUDAPT initiative co-organizes a workshop to build a global urban knowledge network for informing global research on cities and urbanization.

The presentation of A Logo for America in Piccadilly Circus is the third large - scale public screening of the work which included a showing in New York's Times Square in 2014 and, at Mexico City's Auditorio Nacional in 2016, as part of the Guggenheim UBS MAP Global Art initiative.

Galante is being honored for her work building energy - efficient, affordable homes for displaced New Orleanians as part of Global Green President Matt Petersen's vision and six - year initiative to rebuild New Orleans as a model green city post-Katrina.

Masdar City - which will be zero - carbon, zero - waste and car - free - plans to exceed the requirements of the 10 sustainability principles of the One Planet Living programme, a global initiative launched by WWF and environmental consultancy BioRegional.

Global Green's initiatives also include greening of affordable housing, schools, and cities, as well as reducing waste in NY, energy use in California, and water use in New Orleans.

At COP23, the 23rd United Nations Climate Change Conference, ICLEI and GLISPA — the Global Island Partnership — launched Front - line Cities and Islands, an initiative uniting islands and coastal cities to advance resilience buiCities and Islands, an initiative uniting islands and coastal cities to advance resilience buicities to advance resilience building.

It will deliver the first global survey of projects and initiatives dealing with traditional forms of food production in cities.

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One exciting new initiative where we will connect coastal cities and islands is through Front - line Cities and Islands, a resilience building initiative we launched at COP23 with the Global Island Partnecities and islands is through Front - line Cities and Islands, a resilience building initiative we launched at COP23 with the Global Island PartneCities and Islands, a resilience building initiative we launched at COP23 with the Global Island Partnership.

Global Campaign for Localizing Climate Finance: With leadership from the Cities Climate Finance Leadership Alliance (CCFLA), the Global Campaign for Localizing Climate Finance will push for climate finance to reach local and subnational governments and look for ways to connect local action to the NDC Funding and Initiatives Navigator, a searchable database of financial and technical assistance programs that support implementation of national plans.

For our part, in 2018, ICLEI will redouble our efforts to scale up and multiply low emission development through Urban - LEDS and Ambitious City Promises and many other global, regional and national initiatives and projects.

The «National Green Schools» initiative is aimed at raising general awareness of the benefits of green schools and the critical need for building and modernizing all schools with healthy, high performance green classrooms.Sign a petition for green schools Global Green is calling upon the public to sign a letter urging President Obama to push Congress to make green schools a high priority in the 2009 legislative and to urge local school districts and city councils, mayors, governors, and state legislators to utilize green standards for school construction.

Global law firm Hogan Lovells hooked up with diversity initiative Aspiring Solicitors in December to share the story of Rachel: a proud lesbian lawyer and first generation graduate who stormed to City success thanks to AS's help.

The Music City Legal Hackers group is an initiative of the Program on Law & Innovation at Vanderbilt Law School and is part of the global Legal Hackers organization.

With initiatives such as the Future Museum, Global Blockchain council and Smart Cities.

Dr. Aisha Bin Bishr, director general of Smart Dubai Office, an initiative overseeing Dubai's interests in smart cities, added that the Global Blockchain Council will seek to unite both public and private industry stakeholders for the efforts.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE Initiative Architect — IBM BT / IT, City, ST 2001 — Present Program Manager, contributing to IBM's «Globally Integrated Enterprise» initiative by leading technical team of 4 SAP functional consultants and designing SAP CRM workflow module that enabled consistent and global business approval process and reduced complexity from the «Sales» process, expected to improve the contract winning ratio by more than 30 %.

Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices has a very strong global initiative and international focus, and that weaves into our New York City expansion.