by Gary Chandler | Apr 11, 2020 | Local Government, Public Health
Obama, Bloomberg Offer Advice On Virus Management Participants from more than 300 cities around the world, including mayors, local leaders, and members of response teams joined Bloomberg Philanthropies’ virtual COVID-19 Local Response Initiative, where President...
by Gary Chandler | Jan 1, 2017 | Climate Change, Local Government
Cities Tackling Issues and Opportunities Cities around the world have multiplied their efforts to emit fewer greenhouse gases and brace for climate-change-driven natural disasters, scientists and environmentalists say. Amid uncertainty over whether Washington will...
by Gary Chandler | Dec 9, 2016 | Climate Change, Investments, Local Government
Communities Investing In The Future By James B. Stewart, New York Times The trustees of Cooperstown, N.Y., hardly expected their village (population 1,834) to emerge as a flash point in a national debate over climate change and socially responsible investing. But when...
by Gary Chandler | Jun 20, 2016 | Green Cities, Local Government
Most Cities Failing On Sustainability Cities around the world are failing to meet the needs of their people, according to the inaugural Sustainable Cities Index. However, on a broad scale that measures people, planet and profit, Frankfurt is the world’s...
by Gary Chandler | Jun 14, 2014 | Climate Change, Local Government
Strong Support For Sustainability Projects The City of Johannesburg is proud to announce that today we had a successful auction of the first green bond COJGO1 maturing in 2024. The bond of R1.46 billion is priced at 185 basis points (1.85%) above the R2023 Government...
by Gary Chandler | May 26, 2013 | Green Cities, Local Government
Sustainable, Resilient Cities Plentiful Parks: Parks are the “lungs of the city,” architect Frederic Law Olmsted famously said about New York’s Central Park. From the 500-year-old Giardino della Guastalla in Milan to downtown Houston’s new Discovery Green, parks...
