Tag: Expert Voices

In November 2012, superstorm Sandy slammed into the East Coast, claiming dozens of lives and causing billions in damages to the US economy. Lower Manhattan at night, otherwise a hub of around the clock activity, was dark, silent, and flooded. That image, reminiscent of a Hollywood disaster movie, was captured on the front page of Bloomberg Businessweek, which carried the poignant headline “It’s Global Warming, Stupid”. 

In 2013 our ‘Expert Voices’ series featured more than 20 guest authors from organizations and city governments from around the world. From the challenges of preparing cities for future extreme weather events to the importance of measurement and planning initiatives, these experts shared with us their first-hand experiences, successes and insights.

Extreme weather events, increasing food prices and rapid population growth are just some of the challenges cities will face in the 21st century, made more turbulent by the impacts of a changing climate.

In this post, we hear from Benjamin Towell about the recent C40 & World Green Building Council Vision Exercise, which took place in Singapore.

On October 17th, the C40 City of Oslo held an Innovation Evening focused on urban climate leadership as part of the city’s week-long convention Oslo Innovation Week.