Español | English August 19, 2014 was not only important for those who celebrated their birthday. It also marked a milestone for the planet, or rather a sad day. It marks the date when humanity had already consumed the entire planet’s natural annual budget or in other technical words, when humanity’s ecological footprint exceeds the ability of the Earth to replenish those … [Read more...] about Lunar Energy: A romantic way to offset the Earth Overshoot Day?
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Figuring out Tegucigalpa’s carbon footprint
Español | English One of our goals at the Emerging and Sustainable Cities Initiative is to help emerging cities in Latin America and the Caribbean maintain a relatively small carbon footprint despite the considerable growth they will experience in the decades to come. As it is difficult to manage what you don’t measure, we provide our partner cities with greenhouse gas … [Read more...] about Figuring out Tegucigalpa’s carbon footprint
Sustainable cities: An Interview with Paul Romer from NYU
Español | English Paul Romer, an economist and policy entrepreneur, is University Professor at New York University (NYU) and founding director of the NYU Stern Urbanization Project, where he also leads the Charter Cities initiative. The Urbanization Project conducts applied research on the many ways in which policymakers in the developing world can use the rapid growth of … [Read more...] about Sustainable cities: An Interview with Paul Romer from NYU
2 Ways Renewable Energy Can Help Emerging Cities
Español | English Latin America and the Caribbean exploits more renewable energy than any other region in the world. According to Renewables 2014 Global Status Report, three of the top five countries that invest in renewables as a percentage of their GDP are in Latin America: Uruguay, Costa Rica, and Nicaragua. Foto: Flickr Ciudades Emergentes However, many of the … [Read more...] about 2 Ways Renewable Energy Can Help Emerging Cities
Urbanization in China: what’s unique and what’s similar with LAC
*by Yuan Li The scale of the urbanization process in China is huge relative to LAC. No country has ever had urbanization as massive as it has been in China. Despite a still relatively small urbanization rate of 53.7 percent, 560 million people have moved from rural to urban areas in the last 35 years. This is almost the entire population of Latin America and the … [Read more...] about Urbanization in China: what’s unique and what’s similar with LAC