Towards a Partnerships for Sustainable Cities – Meeting June 12-13, 2011

Key Ideas of Main Private Partners

Name What is/Main Output Objective/Program Specific Sustainable Program

WBCSD-UII – World Council for

sustainable

development

A global CEO-led coalition; 200

firms

- Urban Infrastructure

Initiative (UII)

Promote progress toward

sustainability with private

sector playing a key role

Urban Infrastructure Initiative (UII)

- 14 global companies

- Helping cities to assess their situation and plan change

- WBCSD working projects includes Mobility, Electric Utilities, Water,

Ecosystems, and Energy Efficiency in Buildings and Vision 2050

Philips:

Sense and Simplicity Livable city = resource efficient,

safe and secure, inclusive

New lighting solutions offer

great opportunities to enhance

people‟s life

Energy efficient/LED solutions offer great potential

Awareness raising and financing

Philips is committed to help shape the dialogue and partner with cities and

companies

Think-tank : www.philips-thecenter.org

Cisco: Smart

Cities

- Smart+ connected Cities

- The role of ICT

Why ICT makes city smarter

How to enable smart city

policies

Understand the way cities

operate

Include stakeholders

Climate Group & GeSI“Smart 2020” report 2009 concluded a 15% GHG reduction by utilizing smart technologies in cities In 20 years, we can attain a higher economic level with energy savings (about 30%), by means of - Smart Community (public service) 33%; Smart Urban Mobility – 13-18% - Recycling – 33.4; Smart Security 21; Green U-logistics 25-30 Define overall strategy and stakeholder strategy - Develop common typology and taxonomy, better training

- Define objectives, indicators, fit into city components, monitor their success

WEF Slim City initiative

-smart grids

-repowering transport

-retrofit financing

-housing for all

sustainable development of all

aspects of a city to achieve

reduced carbon emissions and

increased resource efficiency

across all sectors

ex) Mexico network of security cameras

Siemens Green City Index - Infrastructure and Cities

- Cities as centers of

Competence

Examples:

How ICT helps high speed

and commuter rail, rail

systems mobility in European

Cities

London Urban Sustainability Center - - global knowledge hub for urban

sustainability and environmental technology.

Green City Index - applied to more than 100 cities worldwide, includes C02,

Energy, Building, Transport, Waste and Land use

Microsoft We measure what we manage and

we manage what we measure

Can we hold government

Accountable?

Viscosity of Talent?

Sustainable Footprint on Energy

PWC

Cities of Opportunity report

Excellent report Born after 9/11 by Big

business in NY

Free service to industries to

help them identify what they

need to know.

- Measure 66 variables on 26 cities

- Focused on activities

- Message: good things generate virtuous cycle

- NY, Toronto, Stockholm close together

McKinsey

McKinsey’s Sustainable Cities

Service Line Creating value for city

municipalities, governments,

private sector

Strengthen city organization

to drive implementation of

solutions and ensure cities

capture opportunities,

including district

development plans and

Greenfield cities

- Chicago launched a campaign to retrofit 400,000 homes with energy efficient

appliances. ▪McKinsey was asked to develop a green offering that could

develop with time as the green market matured and could be scaled up throughout the U.S.

- Consumers are interested in being green; CE contributes ~30% of energy use

in home today, but could grow to ~40% by 2020 ▪

- Latin America City and Tech Conglomerate. Workshop to help business

identify opportunities around issues

GDF Suez

Sustainable Cities

Energy, water,

GDF SUEZ business model

focuses on responsible growth;

energy and environment

challenges, ensuring the security

of supply, fighting against

climate change and maximizing

the use of resources

-From Silo Approach to an integrated approach

- From financing issues to helping meet objectives

- Objectives vs. issues; Integrated approach. Performance contract

- Cities are places to live and work, and their quality affects competitiveness, It

affects environment and quality of life

-

IBM

Smart Cities

Understanding urban systems,

patterns and trends

Cities are becoming smarter

with greater access to IT, that

is, cities are becoming better

instrumented, interconnected,

intelligent

-2000 smart cites projects

- Discussions with global leaders

- How are policies affecting city growth

- How to influence and impact behavior change

- Major conferences

- Local discussions

- Pilot – Dubuque Iowa,

-Portal to show resource consumption geared towards families

ARUP C40 knowledge partner

Workshops

Urban life 2050

Climate action in Megacities

(Report)

Work with city constituents to understand needs and opportunities,

Inception, conception, completion

Are we anticipating what is driving change – what will the normal being that we

are working towards?

DEUTSCHE

Bank

When cities fail, countries fail Bringing key stakeholder

together to discuss things

critical to health of cities –

learning conference

Urban Age Award, to reward networks of people who do.

Approach to cities: “What are your problem” Lead to “teaching what to do

Moving into Africa

Banks are only successful in successful cities. It‟s our interest

UNEP

Green Economy and Cities part

of the Green Economy Initiative

Obj: Integrate the urban

dimension in key global

environment issues

• Promote the link between

local and global agendas •

Promote resource efficient

and sustainable cities

• Make the case of integrating

environment in strategic

planning at city level and to

provide advice to cities/city

networks

Sustainable Buildings and Climate Initiative (to promote awareness in building

industry)

Sustainable Buildings Index, energy use and GHG emissions. -Energy+ GHG Emissions; -Water; -Materials; -Economics; -Social issues; SUSHI (Sustainable Social Housing Initiative -- Sao Paulo and Bangkok

Part of UNEP’s Green Economy Initiative • Cities are platforms for delivering environmental sustainability, economic

growth and well-being (inclusive growth)

• Report provides public policy recommendations for transforming existing cities,

and delivering new ones, taking into account regional differences in climatic

conditions, culture and societal values

GCIF

Global City Indicators Facility (GCIF) - Globally standardized indicators built with direct input from Cities

Promote self-awareness of cities, allows comparison of city performance over time and across member cities. A global city metrics database with 1,000 cities participating by 2015.

-Includes 145 cities, and 115 global indicators. - Allows the preparation of reports on selected issues. - Organized in two groups – quality of life and city services - Interactive with the user (city) and enabling the production of analytical reports - Building sustainable city indicators and indices with a number of global partners

ICLEI

www.icleiusa.org

Advancing Livable and

sustainable communities

5 milestones

Assessment, Sustainability

goals; Sustainability Plan,

Implement Measures,

Evaluate Progress

A ground-breaking program that will offer local governments a roadmap for

improving community sustainability

Standard approach, national and consensus-based.

STAR Community Index and guidelines help community scale sustainability and

present a vision. Offer local governments a common framework with clear and

easily accessible goals

Metropolis Serendicity Idea: The serendipitous city: the land of unexpected opportunities. Keep looking

for something and you will find something fortunate, though entirely unrelated.

UN-HABITAT Urban Gateway -Data on cities

-Piloting projects in cities and

City indicators

Joint Work Programme on Cities and Climate Change

climate change

ASCE Building/Project sustainability

rating tool

Create system for rating

sustainability of construction/

building/engineering projects

Building/Project sustainability rating tool

The Climate

Group

Climate change

“working internationally with

government and business leaders

to advance the smart policies,

technologies and finance needed

to cut global greenhouse gas

emissions, and unlock a „clean

industrial revolution‟”

USAID/EGAT1

-“Making Cities Work” – monthly

seminar series,

http://www.makingcitieswork.org/

-Technical assistance to USAID

field missions and bureaus

-Partnerships with private sector,

NGOs to improve urban

efficiencies, services and

infrastructure

Support sustainable urban

service delivery; increase

access and quality of urban

infrastructure and services,

including for health, food,

water, sanitation; enhance

resiliency of cities to climate

change

-City to City Partnership Program

-Cities Alliance Member

-Water and Sanitation for the Urban Poor

-Urban Poverty paper Competition (culminates in Oct/Nov 2011)

-Developing strategy for “Sustainable Service Delivery in an Increasingly Urban

World” later in 2011.

C40

C40 is a global network of large metropolitan cities taking action to reduce both greenhouse gas emissions and risks of a changing climate

Develop and implement policies and programs that generate measurable and verifiable reductions in both ghg emissions and climate risks; provide participating cities opportunities to exchange proven city-driven initiatives, access to world class research, technical expertise and key partners;

The C40 works directly with the Mayors of large cities and City Governments in a range of program areas under City Government control including but not limited to: -energy efficiency, renewable energy, transportation, waste, public engagement, urban greening, economic development and water. The C40 works with global partners such as the Clinton Climate Initiative, the Carbon Disclosure Project, the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development and recently signed an MOU with the World Bank to improve access for cities to climate finance and technical assistance.

1 USAID/EGAT (Economic Growth and Trade)/Office of Infrastructure and Engineering/Urban Programs,http://www.usaid.gov/our_work/economic_growth_and_trade/urban_programs/index.html

communicate achievements

and collective leadership. Greg Clark City Indices Provide reliable and regular

information on city indices

Index of Indices on Sustainable Cities

Chris Kennedy Urban Metabolism Support sustainable city data

and analysis

Provide baseline urban metabolism assessments for cities

THE CLIMATE GROUP

Organisation: The Climate Group What is: An International NGO working on Climate Change Solutions Programme: We work internationally with government and business leaders to advance the smart policies, technologies and finance needed to cut global greenhouse gas emissions, and unlock a ‘clean industrial revolution’ Specific Sustainability Programmes (related to cities):

SMART 2020 – saving 15% of global emissions through ICT China Redesign – Capacity building for sustainable cities Climate Smart Precincts – Smart principles for development in Australia LED Streetlighting pilots EV fleet procurement initiative