YNTR: Lots of Cities Set Climate Goals. These Cities are Meeting Them

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You Need to Read Bloomberg Green’s Lots of Cities Set Climate Goals. These Cities are Meeting Them by Jeremy Hodges, Laura Millan Lombrana, and Demetrios Pogkas.

Santa Cruz, Palo Alto, Stockholm, and Toronto are furthest along in executing against rigorous environmental standards they’ve set for themselves. CDP’s analysis of 850 cities put 12% on their “A-list, nearly doubling from 7% in their last study. More than 46 cities have set 80% reduction by 2050 targets while 19 plan to go carbon neutral. Of 34 US cities on the A-list, 19 are new entrants this year. 

Cities are home to more than half the world’s population—and produce about 70% of worldwide greenhouse gas emissions. So while climate change is a global problem, the day-to-day causes and effects will have to be dealt with at a local level.

“If you’re a company, you can move assets, but cities are not like that,” says Paul Simpson, Chief Executive Officer of CDP, a nonprofit research group that pushes institutions to disclose their greenhouse gas emissions. “Cities know they are very exposed to climate risk and that they also have opportunities to make better cities, with better air quality and a better quality of life for the people.”

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Laura Fitton, Founder

Laura Fitton, Founder

Principal and Speaker

I founded enough.co to explain and evangelize market-driven shifts that can bring speed and scale to the climate fight.

My approach merges my environmental science and policy degree with my expertise as a tech CEO/Founder, growth executive, author, speaker, and recognized trailblazer.

My research on environment and justice is published in Science and by the Center for Policy Alternatives, and I've spoken at Harvard Business School, MIT Sloan, and a great many conferences.