Climate United: Harnessing Public-Private Cooperation for Zero Carbon Cities

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Climate United: Harnessing Public-Private Cooperation for Zero Carbon Cities

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Cities cover 3% of the earth’s land surface yet consume 78% of the world’s primary energy. Delivering on the objectives of the Paris Agreement will require cities to take transformational action in reducing transportation emissions, improving building energy efficiency, increasing the supply of green energy, and changing consumption patterns.

But governments and the public sector cannot do so alone. Private sector brings expertise in new technologies, innovative solutions, technical know-how and financing, which is critical given the fiscal constraints developing nations face. Businesses can also contribute substantively to all aspects of the urban value chain, including planning, design and implementation, as well as the financing of urban service delivery.  But bringing these two different elements together can prove challenging in practice.

In this panel, urban development experts hailing from different cities across the world will share their views on how public-private partnerships can effectively enable the development and management of city infrastructure and services to meet the net-zero agenda and transform the urbanised world.

Speakers :

Claire Perry O’Neill

Former UK Minister for Energy and Clean Growth; Sustainability Advisor, Terrascope;

Co-Chair, World Business Council for Sustainable Development Imperatives Advisory Board
Vinamra Srivastava

Chief Sustainability Officer

CapitaLand Investment (CLI)
Dr Wang Tianyi

Former Chairman

China Everbright Environment Group Limited
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Dr Winston Chow

Associate Professor of Urban Climate

Singapore Management University