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Greening the world economy through cities

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Author

  • Raquel Moreno-Peñaranda
  • Ping Jiang
  • Puspita Dirgahayani
  • Magali Dreyfus
  • Aki Suwa
  • Christopher Doll
  • Erin Kennedy

Summary, in English

Besides comprising a majority of the world’s population, cities concentrate disproportional amounts of the world’s economy and decision-making power. Further, though urban areas cover only around two percent of the Earth’s surface, they consume 75 percent of its resources. Yet as a hub for social and political movements and centres of technological and institutional knowledge and innovation, cities can be a powerful catalyst of greener economies.

Publishing year

2013-01-30

Language

English

Publication/Series

OurWorld 2.0 United Nations University

Document type

Newspaper article

Topic

  • Social Work

Status

Published

Project

  • Lund Human Rights Research Hub