With financial backing from five of the world's largest banks, four MN
Cs and four of the world's largest energy service companies, the Clinton Climate Initiative (CCI) in partnership with the C40 Large Cities Climate Leadership Group has big plans to make 16 of the world's largest cities ecofriendly and energy efficient.The CCI states, “ Urban areas are responsible for approximately 75 percent of all energy use and greenhouse gas emissions in the world. Buildings account for nearly 40 percent of global greenhouse gas emissions, and in cities such as New York and London this figure is close to 70 percent”.
According to CCI, ABN AMRO, Citi, Deutsche Bank, JPMorgan Chase, and UBS have already promised to arrange for finances of $1 billion each. The money will be spent to help buildings in the selected cities become energy efficient. The energy audits and building retrofits will be done by Honeywell, Johnson Controls, Inc, Siemens and Trane.
Just think. In a few years from now or will it be a year from now, Mumbai, Delhi and 14 other cities around the world will be transformed to very clean, energy efficient, eco-friendly cities. Let's hope this really will happen.
When are buildings in Chennai, Calcutta and Bangalore going to go in for a green makeover?
Sources : http://www.egovmonitor.com/node/10906
http://www.clintonfoundation.org/051607-nr-cf-fe-cci-extreme-makeover-green-edition.htm
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1 comment:
It is good to see that cities are trying to get greener. Current CDC studies show the increase in incidence in neurological disorders in many cities in USA.
One of the major contributors to this is Lead which comes from recycled scrap metal or batteries, petrol. Lead can also enter the water bodies from contaminated soil.Children suffer more as their bodies are more sensitive to health hazards.
There are many other compounds which cause ill effects to health.
It is high time we started making our earth greener for a healthier future generation.
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