Greenovation: Urban Leadership on Climate Change Fitzgerald Joan
Greenovation: Urban Leadership on Climate Change Fitzgerald Joan Collectively, cities take up a relatively tiny amount of land on the earth, yet they emit 72 percent of greenhouse gas emissions. She…
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Greenovation: Urban Leadership on Climate Change Fitzgerald Joan
Collectively, cities take up a relatively tiny amount of land on the earth, yet they emit 72 percent of greenhouse gas emissions. She instead calls for "greenovation"--using the city as a test bed for adopting and perfecting green technologies for more energy--efficient buildings, transportation, and infrastructure more broadly. Clearly, cities need to be at the center of any broad effort to reduce climate change.In Greenovation, the eminent urban policy scholar Joan Fitzgerald argues that too many cities are only implementing random acts of greenness that will do little to address the climate crisis.
Focusing on the biggest producers of greenhouse gases in cities, buildings, energy and Fitzgerald contends that while many city mayors cite income inequality as a pressing problem, few cities are connecting climate action and social justice-another aspect of greenovation.
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