Sven Beyersdorff is co-founder of Nordic Sustainability, a Copenhagen-based consulting firm focusing on sustainability-related projects for public and private sector clients across the Nordics and beyond.
Sven has a background in strategy consulting, having previously worked at a McKinsey spin-off with the largest German and Danish companies. He has also worked in international developmentfor the United Nations Office for Project Services (UNOPS).
This presentation tackles a case of transformation from an industrial port city to a smart and green innovative city: Yokohama and its implications to cities in emerging economies.
Ever wondered how urban cities thrive? This presentation shares the characteristics commonly found in 50 successful urban areas in the United States. It also analyzes what make Chinese cities thrive.
Daizong Liu is China Sustainable Cities Program Director and China Transport Program Director of the World Resources Institute (WRI). He has led and managed a number of projects, including the Transit Metropolis project partnered with the Ministry of Transport, and local governments like Kunming, Guiyang, Suzhou and Zhuzhou, Low Emission Zone/Congestion Charging project with Beijing Municipal Commission of Transport, Road Safety project with China Academy of Urban Planning & Design, and Sustainable and Livable Cities project with Chengdu and Qingdao Development and Reform Commission.
Ruhr area as the energy and industry heart of Germany plays a major role for achieving GHG mitigation targets. Learn why the Ruhr area matter with regard to GHG mitigation.
Call for sustainable urban solutions within the Central Asia Regional Economic Cooperation Program (CAREC) region.
Sustainia, a sustainability think tank and advisory group, is calling for sustainable urban solutions within the CAREC region. Sustainia processes and verifies solutions according to a set of robust selection criteria, developed, and fine tuned over the past eight years.
This new publication, 50 Climate Solutions from Cities in the People's Republic of China, shares some best practices from cities taking action on climate change. Download a copy of the publication here.
Rapid urbanization has been accompanied by increasing demand for energy and natural resources, and consequently disproportionate greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from cities. Witnessing unprecedented variability in weather conditions, anticipating climate change-induced threat, and recognizing the urgency to act, a historic agreement was made at the United Nations Climate Change Conference of Parties in Paris in December 2015.