Driving Sustainability Cities

Reykjavík

implement

With 80% of the country utilizing sustainable energy, Reykjavík is on it's way to becoming the first fully sustainable powered country in the world.

Copenhagen

accelerate

 Ranked number one in the European Green City Index in 2009, Copenhagen has consistently maintained both national and municipal governments that support strong sustainable development. 

Brussels

evaluate

As the main seat of the EU, Brussels' Environmental governance is one of the top in Europe with its environmental plan being ranked on par with Copenhagen, Helsinki and Stockholm. 

Luxembourg

evaluate

Luxembourg's "Jobkaart" is just one of the progress partnership programs that the City has made with EU employees to reduce CO2 emissions.

New York

evaluate

The inhabitants of NYC have the lowest carbon footprint of any city in the US making it also one of the greenest cities.

Oslo

evaluate

Having one of the lowest levels of CO2 emissions in Eurpoe, Oslo has an aggressive plan in place to replace fossil fuels public transport with biogas powered vehicles by 2020.

Rome

evaluate

Attracting over 20 million travelers a year, Rome has launched a bicycle-sharing system in the historic center of the city to help combat the effects of the nearly 3 million cars in Rome.

Stockholm

evaluate

In a city the is largely void of heavy industry, Stockholm has the highest percentage of clean vehicles in Europe and 75% of the public transport system runs on renewable energy.

Recent News

EnvironmentNew York

Visualizing Sustainable Commuting

For those interested in both sustainable transportation and cool information visualizations, there's this:

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R&D/TechnologyRome

MIT Real Time Rome project to debut at Venice Biennale

Real Time Rome, a pioneering MIT project that promises to usher in a new era of urban mapmaking, will have its worldwide debut at the Venice Biennale, the prestigious biannual…

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Environment

Ahmedabad Wins Sustainable Transport Award 2010

The historic Indian city of Ahmedabad has won the prestigious ‘Sustainable Transport Award 2010′ for the successful implementation of Janmarg, India’s first full bus rapid transit (BRT) system.

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PolicyCopenhagen

Next Steps After Copenhagen: Transportation

On January 15, 180 transport and climate change experts from local and national governments, multi-lateral development agencies, academic institutions, nonprofits and private companies

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EnergyReykjavík

Iceland looks to green, innovative income sources

Greek unions this week ramped up a revolt against draconian budget cuts as their government faced new pressure to reign in a deficit that has sparked the most serious crisis…

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AutomotiveBrussels

Recharging Fuel Efficiency Standards

Jos Dings writes in the Feb. 4, 2010 European Voice: Visitors to the Brussels motor show last month could have been left with only one impression: the future is electric.…

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