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C40 and Siemens announce new climate change initiative and global award

07 May 2013

by Richard Forster

The C40 Cities Climate Leadership Group (C40) and Siemens have announced a new technical partnership to combat the impacts of global climate change.

“Cities around the world, particularly C40 cities, are leading the way in taking meaningful actions to protect the planet and grow our economies in sustainable ways,” said Michael Bloomberg, C40 Chair and Mayor of New York City. “Forming a partnership with Siemens and tapping into their knowledge and expertise will improve our ability to measure the results of our initiatives and advance the most effective policies. With this upgraded data collection, we will be able to ensure that we are making significant progress in tackling climate change.”

The C40 and Siemens technical partnership is designed to help cities measure, plan, and mitigate their greenhouse gas emissions. The GHG Measurement & Planning Initiative will convene C40 cities to facilitate the exchange of ideas and expertise and will deploy technical assistance and local capacity building in C40 cities looking to develop greenhouse gas inventories and comprehensive city climate action plans. Additionally, a newly created C40 & Siemens City Climate Leadership Award will annually provide recognition for cities that are demonstrating climate action leadership.

“Siemens will provide its knowledge and experience with energy efficient and sustainable urban infrastructures,” said Roland Busch, CEO of Siemens Infrastructures & Cities Sector. “We will leverage the Siemens expertise from our urban experts in cities around the world and from our Centre of Competence for Cities together with our partner C40.”

The partnership will provide an additional platform for cities to share expertise and build upon the technical assistance and resources already developed by C40 and Siemens. In addition, it will support joint problem solving by peer cities that are currently working to develop inventories and climate action plans and can benefit from shared approaches to data collection, analysis, and strategic planning.

The C40 & Siemens City Climate Leadership Award will be granted annually in ten categories and will provide global recognition for C40 cities that are demonstrating climate action leadership. Six award categories, including urban transport, green energy, and sustainable communities, are open to C40 cities only. Four other categories, including resilience, air quality and optimised city infrastructure, are open to C40 cities, and the 120 cities which were analysed in the Siemens and Economist Intelligence Unit research project ‘Green City Index’ (GCI). The first awards ceremony will be held in September 2013 at the Crystal, Siemens’ urban sustainability centre in London.

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