5. Three prerequisits for tapping the
urban transformation potential
• Aggressive energy
reduction goals
• Best practice urban
planning
• Innovative financing
strategies
6.
7. WWF’s Earth Hour City Challenge
• Designed by WWF and run in collaboration with ICLEI
• Calls for ambitious, holistic, inspiring and credible plans for
low carbon development and for dramatically increasing the
use of sustainable and efficient renewable energy solutions in
the next few decades
• First international pilot only includes 6 countries but
considerable expansion planned for 2013-2014.
• City candidates report on cCCR, the same platform as used for
the Mexico city pact
9. International expert jury 2012-2013
• Konrad Otto Zimmermann, Secretary General of ICLEI
• Conor Riffle, Head of CDP Cities
• Simon Giles, Senior Principal Intelligent Cities, Accenture Global,
Accenture
• Martha Delgado, Minister of the Environment of Mexico City
• Dan Hoornweg, Lead Urban Advisor – Climate Change and Cities,
World Bank
• Christiana Figueres, UNFCCC Executive Secretary
• Pietro Laureano, architect and urban planner, UNESCO consultant