C40 Chair and Mayor of New York Michael R. Bloomberg announced this morning that ten private companies have joined the Carbon Challenge, a PlaNYC initiative that encourages businesses, universities, hospitals, and other private organizations to slash carbon emissions to reduce the impact of climate change.
As part of our 2012 Year in Review series, we are re-publishing a post by C40 Chair New York Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg that kicked off the year and set the stage for several C40 milestones in 2012. The original article was published on February 14, 2012.
C40 Chair and New York City Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg appointed Sergej Mahnovski last week as the new Director of the Mayor’s Office of Long-Term Planning and Sustainability.
Can pizza-fueled hackers help solve cities' sustainability challenges? ‘Yes,’ says David Gilford of the New York City Economic Development Corporation.
To address this issue, C40 Chair, New York City Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg established the New York City Brownfield Cleanup Program (BCP) through PlaNYC, the city’s long-term sustainability plan. The BCP is the first city-run cleanup program established in the United States, which usually relies on states to regulate and oversee environmental cleanups. By administering its own program, New York City has dramatically accelerated brownfield cleanup and redevelopment in all five of its boroughs.
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