Enablers for Urban Centred Climate Action
Category Description
Today, towns and cities face the maximum effects of climate change, and it directly affects the citizens of these areas. With the rising temperatures, shortage of water resources, air and water pollution; cities and towns across the globe are battling with the impacts of climate change.
Government bodies play a pivotal role in helping urban centres and their citizens to adopt measures to mitigate or impede the impact of climate change. These civic bodies can develop and implement climate-resilient initiatives amongst the residents, through funding, regulating, establishing green policies, and endorsing sustainable behaviours.
This category recognises government and civic bodies that have worked resiliently to mitigate the effects of climate change and introduced green practices within their areas through different policies and initiatives.
These initiatives can include (but not limited) to the following:
- Biodiversity conservation,
- Promoting green architecture,
- Use of renewable energy,
- Adoption of climate-friendly food chains,
- Adoption of green mobility solutions,
- Innovative waste management mechanisms,
- Natural resource management, among others.