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Urban climate action: a reality check
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The United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) has found that the world is not on track to achieve the Paris Agreement goals. It warns there is a “rapidly narrowing window to raise ambition and implement existing commitments”.
In 2024, the Financial Times reported that businesses are stepping back from their green ambitions, missing or dropping climate targets and toning down their public promises to do more on the environment.
This lack of progress contradicts climate scientists’ warnings: Failure to mitigate the problem now will lead to increasingly unstable and damaging weather in the future.
Given the stakes, how do we ensure that attention remains on the climate and that policymakers win the consent of their citizens to enact more ambitious environmental measures?
Speakers from the Italian cities of Bologna and Verona, the Chilean city of Peñalolén and the Moldovan city of Străşeni met at the Urban Transition Mission’s Global Innovation Summit in Brussels to identify barriers and possible solutions to achieving a climate-neutral future.
They cited cities as areas where climate action can rapidly advance, arguing that local leaders are more ambitious than their national counterparts.
Joining Sean on this special live episode of the Urban Report are:
- Anna Lisa Boni, the Deputy Mayor of Bologna, Italy
- Carolina Laytao Álvarez-Salamanca, the Mayor of Peñalolén, Chile
- Cristina Smolenschi, the Vice-Mayor of Străşeni, Moldova
- Tommaso Ferrari, the Ecological Transition and Mobility Councillor of Verona, Italy
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If you have any thoughts or questions about anything that has been discussed in this week’s episode, you can reach Sean at his X account: Sean Carroll
Follow us on X at @Foresight_CE or email us at: [email protected].
You can also find FORESIGHT Climate & Energy on LinkedIn.
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The United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) has found that the world is not on track to achieve the Paris Agreement goals. It warns there is a “rapidly narrowing window to raise ambition and implement existing commitments”.
In 2024, the Financial Times reported that businesses are stepping back from their green ambitions, missing or dropping climate targets and toning down their public promises to do more on the environment.
This lack of progress contradicts climate scientists’ warnings: Failure to mitigate the problem now will lead to increasingly unstable and damaging weather in the future.
Given the stakes, how do we ensure that attention remains on the climate and that policymakers win the consent of their citizens to enact more ambitious environmental measures?
Speakers from the Italian cities of Bologna and Verona, the Chilean city of Peñalolén and the Moldovan city of Străşeni met at the Urban Transition Mission’s Global Innovation Summit in Brussels to identify barriers and possible solutions to achieving a climate-neutral future.
They cited cities as areas where climate action can rapidly advance, arguing that local leaders are more ambitious than their national counterparts.
Joining Sean on this special live episode of the Urban Report are:
- Anna Lisa Boni, the Deputy Mayor of Bologna, Italy
- Carolina Laytao Álvarez-Salamanca, the Mayor of Peñalolén, Chile
- Cristina Smolenschi, the Vice-Mayor of Străşeni, Moldova
- Tommaso Ferrari, the Ecological Transition and Mobility Councillor of Verona, Italy
Download our award-winning app and enjoy access to all exclusive features. Click here to access on Apple or Android.
If you have any thoughts or questions about anything that has been discussed in this week’s episode, you can reach Sean at his X account: Sean Carroll
Follow us on X at @Foresight_CE or email us at: [email protected].
You can also find FORESIGHT Climate & Energy on LinkedIn.
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.