Sentences with phrase «sustainable urbanization»

The New Urban Agenda establishes a vision for sustainable urbanization that requires strong action on climate.

In May, the ASU Global Sustainability Solutions Center, in Haarlemmermeer, the Netherlands, will host «Old Cities / New Cities / Sustainable Cities,» a conference on the challenges of sustainable urbanization.

Dr. Kevin Mo is the Managing Director of the Paulson Institute Representative Office, in charge of climate and sustainable urbanization.

Tim Cook has recently joined the Paulson Institute's Council for Sustainable Urbanization, which aims to help China develop more sustainably.

Consider environmental degradation... the immense pressures of economic forces on local communities... the dire need for sustainable urbanization, affordable infrastructure, and accessible communication.

The mission will highlight the benefits of sustainable urbanization, technologies to support China's air pollution and climate goals, and green buildings opportunities.

Her interest areas are the power of public art as mediator between ecology, economics and society; the prioritization of community - based strategies in sustainable urbanization; and building rural - urban linkages in response to economic, environmental and population pressures.

On the non-governmental side, the Sustainable Cities Program at Energy Foundation China focuses on reducing carbon emissions and air pollution in urban areas with an emphasis on sustainable urbanization and transit systems.

«This is partly about reducing carbon emissions, but it's also an air quality issue that has become very, very urgent,» said Kate Gordon, vice chairwoman for climate and sustainable urbanization at the Paulson Institute, the China - focused environmental policy think tank led by former Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson.

We have held conferences on sustainable urbanization, and we took my favorite architect, Soleri, to China.

Kate Gordon, Vice Chair, Climate and Sustainable Urbanization, Paulson Institute TK Kurien, Executive Vice Chairman, Wipro Moderator: Dickon Pinner, Director, McKinsey & Company

Speakers included: Zipcar President Kaye Ceille, Former U.S. Secretary of Energy Steven Chu, Sidewalk Labs CEO Dan Doctoroff, PG&E CEO Tony Earley, Ford Motor Executive Chairman Bill Ford, Paulson Institute Vice Chair of Climate and Sustainable Urbanization Kate Gordon, GMO Co-founder and Chief Investment Strategist Jeremy Grantham, TerraPower CEO Lee McIntire, The Kitchen Co-founder Kimbal Musk, Coca - Cola Chief Sustainability Officer Bea Perez, Barclays Managing Director of Investment Banking Theodore Roosevelt IV, and Virgin Galactic and The Spaceship Company CEO George Whitesides.

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His work focuses at the interface of water and the economy, specializing in water reallocation and markets as responses to climate change, urbanization and sustainable development challenges.

«The 2018 EPI confirms that success with regard to sustainable development requires both economic progress that generates the resources to invest in environmental infrastructure and careful management of industrialization and urbanization that can lead to pollution that threatens both public health and ecosystems.»

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This activity report presents the results of a workshop on urbanization addressed practical, results - oriented approaches to increasing pre-2020 ambition through addressing sectors with high mitigation potential, including sustainable transport and building sector policies.

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They address the most pressing issues of our time — urbanization, energy, and climate change — followed by a dialog on the Road to Zero, the progress made to date, and the road ahead to a carbon neutral and sustainable future.

Alex Steffen has long supported urbanization and the sustainable development of cities as a key climate solution — as a founder of the very influential but now - defunct World Changing, he's argued that if we're smart about it, the world can become a