City Level Climate Action To Realise Co-Benefits

'Investments in city-level climate action can generate significant benefits for residents beyond reduction in greenhouse gas emissions.' C40's Equitable Impact Toolkit.

Attended an interesting conversation held by C40 Cities last week - panel discussion with @mikaela loach Seb Dance Livia Spera @paul ainsworth
Some key take-aways:
🌿 Need for clean, safe, affordable transport utilising joined up thinking - breakdown of industry silo's an absolute must
🌿 Necessary simplification of public and active transport to ensure it is the default and intuitive process - allowing private vehicles for emergency/necessary trips
🌿 Important tools for change: Collective bargaining
🌿 Green jobs for all income earners and inclusion for those who spend a greater proportion of their income within the local economy - co-linked
🌿 Co-benefits of climate action should be at the forefront of all discussion - sustainability and inclusion interlinked - Cleaner air, community, transport, health and energy are connected
🌿 Political willingness to see transport, energy, health as key policy levers for climate action necessary
🌿 Interconnected financial investment necessary

Worth checking out the full document: Link

‘Insight gained in the UK for climate change solutions shows that city leaders require four Ps:

1. Powers: To create the conditions required for net-zero carbon interventions.

2. Partnerships: The ability to convene new public-private partnerships that will drive cross-sector collaboration and promote investment in net-zero.

3. Platform: A digital solution for collating the data that is required to manage down city-scale carbon emissions and visualize local co-benefits across diverse economic and social infrastructure systems.

4. People: The means to engage businesses and citizens in decarbonization, recognizing that a substantial part of the net-zero challenge lies with changing people’s behaviours.’  Link