RTCC ANNUAL MEETING CITIES AS GLOBAL CHANGEMAKERS - LEADING THE TRANSITION TO THE GREEN ECONOMY INTRODUCTION TO C40 #YCITIES? CITIES ARE ENGINES OF GROWTH AND INNOVATION.

• More than half the world’s population live in cities. • Cities account for 85% of global GDP. BUT CITIES ARE ALSO MAJOR EMITTERS AND MUST BUILD RESILIENCE AGAINST ENVIRONMENTAL SHOCKS AND STRESSES.

• Cities represent 70% of global

CO2 emissions. • 98% of cities are exposed to effects of climate change. THE POTENTIAL OF THE MEGA-CITY AS A DRIVER FOR GROWTH 1.4 MILLION PEOPLE MOVE TO CITIES EACH WEEK

In 2008, the urban population surpassed rural population. Today, 54% of the world’s population lives in urban areas.

By 2050, 66% of the world’s population will be urban: that means 2.5 billion more people in urban areas THE POTENTIAL OF THE MEGA-CITY AS A DRIVER FOR GROWTH 500 CITIES WILL DELIVER 60% OF GLOBAL ECONOMIC GROWTH TO 2030

• Countries with more than 50% urban population produce 5 times more GDP than those with less than 50% INTRODUCTION TO C40 WHAT IS C40? “As mayors, we all face similar challenges and have to innovate to solve them, often in the same ways.

The C40 network connects us all, enabling us to share ideas and collaborate, working together towards a greener, healthier future.”

Mayor of , THIS IS C40 A CITY LEADERSHIP CLUB, LED BY MAYORS AND BASED ON DATA-DRIVEN PARTICIPATION STANDARDS THIS IS C40 10 YEARS OF MAYORS WORKING TOGETHER TO TACKLE CLIMATE CHANGE

Rio de Janeiro Mayor Eduardo Paes began his tenure as Chair in 2013 and has overseen a rapid expansion of the C40, including bringing in In 2010, NYC Mayor Michael new cities in Africa and China, a ‘city Bloomberg became Chair and began diplomacy’ program, and regional turning C40 into a fully-staffed, forums. professional organization, with C40 was founded in 2005 membership standards, a network by then Mayor of approach, and a data-driven Ken Livingstone, bringing agenda. together the capital cities of the G20 nations

2006 2008 2005 2010 2013 2015

86 Megacities As chair from 2008-2010, Mayor David Miller, cemented C40 as a platform for sharing 50/50 Global In 2006, C40 formalized a delivery knowledge, & led a cities summit at partnership with the Clinton Climate COP15 that put mayors on the Initiative and membership grew to 40 cities. global agenda as leaders on climate South and North change. 10 THIS IS C40 MEMBER FACTS AND FIGURES 86 C40 MEMBER CITIES REPRESENT:

1 in 12 >25% People worldwide of global GDP DELIVERING RESULTS THROUGH TARGETED INITIATIVES 17 NETWORKS BRING CITY OFFICIALS TOGETHER

ADAPTATION & WATER ENERGY FINANCE & ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT Climate Risk Assessment District Energy Green Growth Connecting Delta Cities Private Building Efficiency Sustainable Infrastructure Finance Cool Cities Municipal Building Efficiency

SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT TRANSPORTATION URBAN PLANNING & DEVELOPMENT Sustainable Solid Waste Systems Bus Rapid Transit Food Systems Waste to Resources Low Emission Vehicles Land Use Planning Mobility Management Low Carbon Districts Transit Oriented Development DELIVERING RESULTS THROUGH TARGETED INITIATIVES C40 CITY REGIONS TEAM

NORTH AMERICA BRENDAN SHANE

EUROPE VANCOUVER JÚLIA LÓPEZ JAMIE PONCE MICAH LANG ATHENS IRENE SKOULA ELIZABETH HANSON EAST ASIA BRIAN YEOMAN SOUTH AND WEST TONGBO LIU ASIA SHENZHEN SANJAY SRIDHAR WEI ZHANG RAFAEL RAMOS ADDIS ABABA SOUTHEAST ASIA AND GIFTI NADI OCEANIA SYDNEY LATIN AMERICA MILAG SAN JOSE- JULIA LIPTON MANUEL OLIVERA RIO DE BALLESTEROS JANEIRO AFRICA ILAN CUPERSTEIN HASTINGS CHIKOKO MELBOURNE DAVID CRAVEN

13 INTRODUCTION TO C40 CITIES ON THE GREEN GROWTH PATHWAY CITIES ON THE GREEN GROWTH PATHWAY SUCCESSFUL DEVELOPMENT: COMPACT, CONNECTED AND COORDINATED CITIES ON THE GREEN GROWTH PATHWAY DECOUPLING ECONOMIC GROWTH FROM EMISSIONS Sharing is working • Half were introducing LED street-lighting in 2011, but 90% by 2013 • 13 had BRT in 2011, trebling to 29 by 2013 • Berlin’s energy performance contracting approach to building retrofit has been adopted by 20+ C40 cities Catalyzing markets: The C40 Clean Bus Declaration

Photo credit: GLA LESSONS LEARNED FROM WORLD CITIES SHIFTING HORIZONS – CHINA ELECTRIC BUS REVOLUTION

• Nanjing – > 4,000 electric public vehicles

• Shenzhen – the whole of city bus and taxi fleet electric or hybrid by 2018

• – ordered 9,000 electric buses Transferring innovation: New York City’s Danish Cleantech Hub

Photo credit: C40 Cities LESSONS LEARNED FROM WORLD CITIES SUCCESSFUL FUTURE CITIES WILL RUN ON DATA

Rio Operations Centre: "I sleep better thanks to it. The worst thing is not having the information, to not have the tools to act. But we do now.” (Mayor Paes) • Prompted by fatal landslides

• Decreased emergency response times 30%

• Co-ordinates all service, including transport and waste INTRODUCTION TO C40 CITY AND BUSINESS COLLABORATION CITY AND BUSINESS COLLABORATION POTENTIAL FOR CLIMATE ACTION

FIGURE 1: Propor=on of ac=ons started vs. those not yet started SOURCE: C40 City Poten=al for Climate Ac=on 2015 23 CITY AND BUSINESS COLLABORATION NEED FOR PUBLIC PRIVATE SECTOR COLLABORATION

FIGURE 2: Frequency with which private sector Technology and Infrastructure challenges are linked with each stage in the project delivery cycle, across regions and sectors SOURCE: C40 City Poten=al for Climate Ac=on 2015 24 CITY SOLUTIONS PLATFORM PROJECT CONCEPT

PUBLIC PRIVATE

DEFINE PROVIDE DEFINE PROBLEM SOLUTION SOLUTION CITY SOLUTIONS PLATFORM PROJECT CONCEPT

PUBLIC PRIVATE

DEFINE PROVIDE DEFINE PROBLEM SOLUTION SOLUTION CITY SOLUTIONS PLATFORM PROJECT CONCEPT

CO- CREATION ACTIVITIES

FACILITATED CITY INNOVATIVE KNOWLEDGE SOLUTIONS SOLUTIONS SHARING PLATFORM

SOLUTIONS CITIES NEW PARTNERSHIPS PROVIDERS CITY SOLUTIONS PLATFORM PROJECT FOCUS AREAS

IDENTIFY 4-6 CITY CHALLENGES // DEVELOP BESPOKE SOLUTIONS THROUGH FACILITATED CITY-BUSINESS ENGAGEMENT

ADAPTATION AND SOLID WASTE TRANSPORTATION BUT WATER MANAGEMENT HOW?

URBAN PLANNING ENERGY AND DEVELOPMENT  Searching for innovative solution

 Means to address challenge 100%  Move to tender within the project RENEWABLE timeframe ENERGY!  Open to different procurement & engagement models

 High potential impact

 High potential for project replicability/scalability CITY SOLUTIONS PLATFORM COP21 LAUNCH EVENT

PROJECT BACKGROUND CITIES AS GLOBAL CHANGEMAKERS QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? Thank you

Simon Hansen C40 Director of Regions

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