How green is your city?

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https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2015/03/how-green-is-your-city/

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2015-03-16

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John Rennie Short, How green is your city?, https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2015/03/how-green-is-your-city/

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urban sustainability
environmental impact
green city
population
standard index

Abstract

More than half of the world’s population lives in cities and that percentage continues to rise, making cities critical areas for adopting practices to preserve natural resources. How green is your city? How does it match up to other cities? Is it making progress in becoming more sustainable?