CITY
1. FACTS AND FIGURES
2. TARGETS
3. PLANNING
4. FINANCE
5. TECHNIQUE
6. PARTNERS
Half of humanity – 3.5 billion people – live in cities
today; by 2030, almost 60 per cent.
95 per cent of urban expansion in the next decades will
take place in developing world.
828 million people live in slums today and the number
keeps rising.
The world’s cities occupy just 2 per cent of the Earth’s
land, but account for 60-80 per cent of energy
consumption and 75 per cent of carbon emissions.
Rapid urbanization is exerting pressure on fresh water
supplies, sewage, the living environment, and public
health.
But the high density of cities can bring efficiency gains
and technological innovation while reducing resource
and energy consumption. to top
Target 1: Green Economy
Target 2: Climate Leadership
Target 3: Green Buildings
Target 4: Green Transportation
Target 5: Zero Waste
Target 6: Access to Nature
Target 7: Lighter Footprint
Target 8: Clean Water
Target 9: Clean Air
Target 10: Local Food
3. PLANNINGSEAP GUIDLINES
4. FINANCE to top
WSF supports sustainable city finance. Impact rating, maintenance urge, social acceptance, and growth are all good reasons to give a priority ranking.
WSF is able to set up financial consortia with other financial institutes, wealth funds, and banks to spread risk, deliver high volumn, multi year, and multi project, structural finance.
City greening finance has several typically niches. We do recognize different risks and finance products for older cities, 1950 towns, emerging urbans, new towns, mega cities.
WSF catagorized the rougly 250 CDM, Clean Development Methodologies per Sector from which many have a direct relation with city sustainability (Energy, Transport, Waste):
WSF is able to advice cities the best options for sustainable reorganization and forecast the futher developments per sector. Ask for our expertice.
Cities are in the crowd of society and activate the crowd to
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partner with the City Management will boost the results. NGO's and businesses platforms can deliver the interaction.
Also cross city experience exchange proved its value. The Convenant of (European) Mayors would be copied into all continents and the UNFCCC intiative Momentum for Change is a good focuspoint for emerging cities.
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Planning sustainable city crowd partnerships is quiet new. Essence SUM and the SUM Foundation, partners of WSF, support your plan development.
