An Expanded Climate Innovation Agenda for Cities
/Role: Project Leader
Cities are a major source of emission, but also a major source of innovation and export. With an expanded innovation agenda cities have the potential of moving beyond only reducing, or avoiding, their own GHG emissions and also become providers of the climate solutions the world needs. With a focus on human needs, rather than improvement of existing systems, the urgent need for 1.5 °C compatible solutions can be used by leading cities as a driver for innovation where the cities solve their own challenges while also becoming leading exporters of climate solutions. A “dynamic solution approach”, when the cities are not only reducing – or avoiding – their own emissions, but with the help of opportunities provided by the 4th industrial revolution also help the rest of the world, has the potential to position leading cities as providers of globally sustainable climate solutions.
