Melbourne Certified as Carbon Neutral City
PUBLISHED April 02, 2013
Low Carbon Australia’s CEO Meg McDonald said the City of Melbourne’s carbon neutrality demonstrated a remarkable milestone in its journey towards sustainability:
Low Carbon Australia’s CEO Meg McDonald said the City of Melbourne’s carbon neutrality demonstrated a remarkable milestone in its journey towards sustainability:
Readers of this blog understand the importance of climate change and the reason to focus on cities. Today more than half the world’s population lives in cities. By 2050 that number will be closer to 75 percent.
Combined, the WorldGBC and C40 partnership touches every continent on the earth, engaging more than 90 nations and dozens of cities. By linking city experts with green building professionals, cities will be able to quickly develop comprehensive and customized plans to ramp up green building through the sharing of best practice and resources.
Jane Henley reports on the C40 Workshop Sustainable Communities: Collaborating, Planning, Delivering, convened and hosted by the City of Melbourne, Australia.
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