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C40 awards finalists announced

26 September 2016

by Jonathan Andrews

C40 Cities has announced the 35 finalists competing in ten urban climate action categories for the fourth-annual C40 Cities Awards.

A selection committee of urban sustainability and climate change experts at C40 and Sustainia assessed the 160 applications from 75 cities. The five assessment criteria include: climate action, co-benefits, innovation, governance and ability to share and scale the project.

Mark Watts, Executive Director, C40, told Cities Today that the judging criteria will have an even greater focus on the co-benefits that the projects deliver.

“The winners are likely to be those cities that can show they are not just cutting greenhouse gas emissions or adapting to the effects of climate change, but are also using these projects to address public health, social equity or economic development,” he said.

Watts highlighted that the awards are not merely a ‘gong’ and recognition but are the start of a process to share city success stories.

“The scale and ambition of the projects being submitted have increased year on year,” he said. “A fundamental component of that is to showcase and celebrate best practice to encourage other cities to follow the lead. We know that when cities win a C40 award, other cities facing the same challenges are more likely to approach that city and ask for advice.”

Sponsored by Bloomberg Philanthropies and BYD, the winners will be announced in December at a ceremony in Mexico City, held alongside the sixth biennial C40 Mayors Summit. The finalist cities by category are:

Climate Action Plans & Inventories

  • Portland – 2015 Climate Action Plan (CAP)
  • Paris – Paris Climate and Energy Action Plan – 2012-2020
  • Cape Town – Energy and Climate Change Programme – Energy2040 Vision and Energy and Climate Action Plan
  • Buenos Aires – Buenos Aires Climate Change Action Plan based on a GPC compliant GHG Inventory

Adaptation Plans & Assessments 

  • New York City – New York City Resilient Neighborhoods Studies
  • Paris – Paris Adaptation Strategy: Towards a more resilient city
  • Belo Horizonte – Climate Change Vulnerability Assessment of the city of Belo Horizonte

Building Energy Efficiency

  • San Francisco – San Francisco’s Comprehensive Approach to Energy Efficiency Market Transformation
  • Guangzhou – Green Public Institutions in Guangzhou
  • Melbourne & Sydney – CitySwitch Green Office

Clean Energy

  • Vancouver – Vancouver Neighbourhood Energy Strategy
  • Yokohama – Yokohama Smart City Project
  • Washington, DC – Walter F. Bailey Bioenergy Facility
  • Johannesburg – Joburg BioGas to Energy Programme

Finance & Economic Development

  • Toronto – Unique Retrofit Financing through HELP (Home Energy Loan Programme) and Hi-RIS (High-Rise Retrofit Improvement Support)
  • Canberra – Reverse Auctions – Securing 100% Renewable Electricity for Canberra by 2020
  • Shenzhen – Shenzhen Emissions Trading System

Solid Waste

  • Milan – Do not waste food, but reduce food waste
  • Auckland – Auckland: Waste to Resources
  • Kolkata – Kolkata Solid Waste Management Improvement Project (KSWMIP)

Adaptation in Action

  • Hong Kong – Quest for Sustainable Use of Water Resources in Hong Kong
  • San Francisco – San Francisco’s Non-potable Water Programme
  • Copenhagen – Copenhagen’s Cloudburst Management Plan – Project Implementation

Transportation

  • Houston – The New METRO: Making Transit Work for Houston
  • Addis Ababa – Addis Ababa Light Rail Transit Project
  • Wuhan – Wuhan Huantou Public Bicycle Service System
  • Mexico City –  Mexico City’s Comprehensive Mobility Programme 2013-2018
  • Taiyuan – Taiyuan New Energy Vehicle Promotion Project

Sustainable Communities

  • Cape Town – City of Cape Town – Transit Oriented Development Strategic Framework (TODSF), March 2016
  • Toronto – Sustainable Neighbourhood Retrofit Action Plan (SNAP)
  • Auckland – Wynyard Quarter Redevelopment, Auckland, New Zealand
  • Curitiba – Urban Agriculture in Curitiba

Social Equity & Climate Change

  • New York City – Inclusive Growth and Climate Action through OneNYC
  • Portland – 2015 Climate Action Plan (CAP)
  • Seoul – Energy Welfare Public-Private Partnership (PPP) Programme
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