The City Solution: Facts and Figures

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“half the world’s people…” U.N. Habitat report (“Cities and Climate Change – Global Report on Human Settlements”) March 2011

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“2 percent…land mass …most of its emissions.” UN Habitat Report March 2011

“…largest annual rise…” The Guardian (May 30, 2011)

“greatest challenge…”Bloomberg quote. Foreword, C40 Carbon Disclosure Project 2011

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All C40 data C40 web site http://www.c40cities.org/

“Mayors can’t just talk…”Bloomberg quote (NYT 6/2/11)

“Ancient Rome…Baghdad…London.”. From Wikipedia “city” entry “While David Kessler and Peter Temin consider ancient Rome to be the largest city before 19th century London,14 George Modelski considers medieval Baghdad, with an estimated population of 1.2 million at its peak, to be the largest city before 19th century London.13 Others estimate that Baghdad's population may have been as large as 2 million in the 9th century.15”

“one useful way to think about cities…” McKinsey & Co. “What Matters” report, “When cities rule the world” by Parag Khanna 7 January 2011

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“Bloomberg intends…” see PlaNYC website

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“These instant cities – by some estimates…$500 billion…” Cisco’s Chief Globalization Officer Wim Elfrink, as quoted by Eccles, Edmondson, et al. “Sustainable Cities: Oxymoron or the Shape of the Future?”

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“…$20--$40 billion project…’ “Gravity Defying: Whither Korea’s bid to build a world-class city entirely from scratch?” The Asia Pacific Journal Nov. 9, 2009 http://www.japanfocus.org/-David-McNeill/3247

Sidebar

“Residential sector…” McKinsey & Co.: “Curbing global energy demand growth: the energy productivity opportunity” May 2007

“Most efficient available…” US EPA/Dept. of Energy http://www.energystar.gov/index.cfm?fuseaction=find_a_product.showProductGroup&pgw_code=LB

“If each household…” Union of Concerned Scientists “Common Sense on Climate Change, Solution #3”

“The top 3,000….” UN Environmental Program Finance Initiative. 2010. “universal Ownership: Why environmental externalities matter to institutional investors.

“Collectively, US organizations…” IE and the Alliance to Save Energy, 2009. PC Energy report, 2009

“Transportation…” Union of Concerned Scientists, Common Sense on Climate Change Solution #1

“Power plants…” Union of Concerned Scientists, Common Sense on Climate Change #2

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