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Dossier

Cities at the Forefront of the Environmental Challenge

Tobia Zevi
24 March 2021

Climate change is arguably the greatest challenge of our times, with COVID-19 further highlighting the need for a sustainable future. Despite the pandemic, urbanization is not slowing globally. Covering just 3% of the Earth’s surface, metropolitan systems are currently home to 55% of human beings and are expected to increase dramatically over the next 20 years. Cities are also responsible for about 60% of greenhouse gas emissions and 70% of solid waste, while absorbing around 70% of global energy. To fight climate change effectively, we ought to design more environmentally sustainable urban systems.

2021 may be a crucial year, and Italy plays a fundamental role as Chair of the G20 and Co-Chair of COP26, while the EU is trying hard to do its part with the Green Deal and the Next Generation EU.
What are the goals of more sustainable cities? What are the key elements of a much needed urban transformation? What is the expected impact of Covid-19 on this transformation?
Cities: The Main Actors Against Climate Change
Tobia Zevi
ISPI
City Diplomacy to Accelerate the Ecological Transition
Max D. Bouchet
Brookings Institution
How Cities Hold the Key to the European Green Deal’s Success
Dorthe Nielsen
Eurocities
The Role of Ecological Transition in Urban Development Projects
Luigi Borré
EuroMilano
,
Giancarlo Boffetta
EuroMilano
From Urban Cities to Urban Landscape. Planning Our Tomorrow
Andreas Kipar
LAND
The Energy Transition in Cities
Francesco Causone
Polytechnic University of Milan
Parsing the “Modal Mix": Two Factors Shaping the Future of Sustainable Urban Mobility
Samuel Kling
Chicago Council on Global Affairs

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Women’s Leadership in Local Communities Next Generation EU: Cities in a Post-pandemic Future
The Future of Urban Mobility After Covid19
Tobia Zevi
ISPI
How the Pandemic Changed Urban Mobility Worldwide
Tobia Zevi
ISPI
,
Chiara Gesmundo
ISPI
Next Generation EU: A Paradigm Shift in European Mobility?
Luigi Borré
President, EuroMilano and Professor, Eastern Piedmont University
A New Shared Mobility for Changing City Needs
Samuel Kling
Director of Global Cities Research, Chicago Council on Global Affairs
Overlooked? Social Justice Issues in Automotive Electrification
Hannah Budnitz
Research Associate, University of Oxford

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Tobia Zevi
Global Cities Programme, ISPI

The ISPI Global Cities Programme and this Dossier are promoted in collaboration with EuroMilano.

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