Business involvement key to Sydney’s mobility future
A business-led project into workforce mobility has found that Sydney, Australia, needs to improve on a range of critical indicators if it wants to become (…)
Tag: Cities and Mobility
COP22 – Low-Emission Solutions Conference
In the second week of COP22 – “the COP of action” – the first-ever Low-Emissions Solutions Conference (LESC) took place on the ground in Marrakech, putting innovative technical solutions at the heart of COP22 and the global climate action agenda.
Habitat III and the Business of Cities
Today, cities are home to more than half of the world’s population. By 2050, this ratio is expected to near 70% making urbanization one of the most significant trends of this century.
A wealth of opportunities
For decades, the “tragedy of the commons” has been a useful tool for understanding and explaining the risks of undervaluing shared resources.
WBCSD releases a new online tool that help cities improve their sustainable mobility
WBCSD today released its online Sustainable Mobility planning tool at the annual CIVITAS Conference on sustainable urban mobility in Gdynia, Poland. Geneva, 29 September 2016 – The online tool (…)
Building a better world – in China and beyond
By 2050, 70% of the world’s population will live in cities, meaning that over the next three decades, cities will need to accommodate more than 2.5 billion additional people. How can the building and construction sector meet this new demand while accelerating the transition to a sustainable world?
Campinas rolls out a new bike lane and wide pedestrian sidewalk
During the Labour day celebration, the municipal authorities of Campinas roll out a new bike lane as well as major road maintenance on Baden Powell (…)
The European Commission endorses WBCSD set of indicators to help cities advance sustainable mobility
Today, the European Commission announced its endorsement of the Sustainable Mobility Indicators issued by the World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD). Geneva, 12 April (…)
WBCSD issues recommendations for the city’s transport development plan to advance sustainable mobility
After a year-long project phase, the World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD) has issued recommendations for cleaner, safer and more connected mobility in the (…)
WBCSD promotes collaboration between cities supporting sustainable mobility
This week, the city of Lisbon hosted a meeting that brought together the six cities working with the WBCSD in the development of the Sustainable Mobility Project (…)