The Road to Smart Cities - Jeet Mistry (Securing Asia 2015)

1. The Road to
Smart Cities:
What is required to be globally
recognized as a ’smart city’?
Jeet Mistry
Programme Manager,
Sustainable Cities, WWF
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The Living Planet Report: two global trends
Ecological footprint 1961-2010Biodiversity 1970-2010

4. Cities as global centres of growth
• Historical correlation between increasing
ecological footprints, economic
development and urbanization
• Urbanization and lifestyle changes are
accelerating
• Consequences of business as usual for the
people and the planet are severe

5. Consequences of BAU already apparent in India
• Per capita emissions levels in India’s seven largest cities
is estimated to be at least three times that of WHO
standards
• Declining quality of public services (quantity and
efficiency)
• Housing deficit with 52,000 slums inhabited by 14
percent of the total urban population.
• Urgent need to transition to a low-carbon development
path which can also significantly improve quality of life
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• $350 trillion will be invested in cities
during the coming 3 decades
• Cities have huge untapped potential to
provide attractive one planet lifestyles
• Egs. Smart urban planning, mobility
management, energy efficiency, green
buildings, energy transition to
renewables
• Engage citizens on benefits of
sustainable lifestyle choices
Reinventing the City

8. • Recurrent invitation to cities
to demonstrate their leadership
for a renewable energy based
sustainable future
• Cities report commitments and
actions on carbonn Climate
Registry, a platform managed by
ICLEI
• Evaluation by high level jury
• Most ambitious city awarded
Earth Hour Capital of the year
What is the Earth Hour
City Challenge?

9. Cities register on ICLEI’s carbonn registry

10. Cities globally have taken up the Challenge

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Rigorous quality control process through an
international jury of urban sustainability experts
Martha Delgado (Mexico City)
General Director Secretariat of the
Global Cities Covenant on Climate
Dan Hoornweg (Toronto)
Professor, Energy Systems
and Engineering, University
of Ontario
Gil-Hong Kim (Manila)
Division Director
Sustainable
Infrastructure, ADB
Aromar Revi (Bangalore)
Director, Indian Institute of
Human Settlements
Aisa Kacyira (Nairobi)
Deputy Executive Director
Assistant Secretary-General
UN-Habitat
Harald Winkler (Cape Town)
Director
Energy Research Centre
University of Cape Town
Jose Manuel Moreno
Rodrigues (Toledo)
Vice President Group II
Intergovernmental Panel on
Climate Change
Adrian Rimmer (Geneva)
Chief Executive Officer
The Gold Standard Foundation
Seth Schultz (New York)
Director of Research
C40 Cities Climate
Leadership Group
Alexandre Meira da Rosa
(Washington D.C)
Manager of Infrastructure
and Environment Sector,
IDB
Pankaj Bhatia (Washington D.C)
Deputy Director
WRI's Climate and
Energy Program
Gino van Begin (Bonn)
Secretary General
ICLEI
Simon Giles (London)
Senior Principal
Intelligent Cities
Accenture Global

12. Vancouver – Global Capital 2013
• Ambitious ’Greenest
City’ by 2020 Goal
• Successful urban
mobility strategy
reduced car use
• Engaging communities
through Neighbourhood
Energy Strategy
• Extended Producer
Responsibility
Programme

13. Cape Town – Global Capital 2014
• Pioneering and Integrated
Climate Strategy
• Solar Water Heating: targeted
40% of home energy used for
water heating
• Large scale retrofitting
programmes
• Smart Living community
outreach campaign

14. Seoul – Global Capital 2015
• Sunlight City Project
and One Less Nuclear
Powerstation
campaign
• Eco-Mileage
community outreach
programme

15. Cities need support to act
• There are no existing ’smart cities’
• Cities require national and global
support
• Knowledge sharing and financial
innovation are key
• Engaging citizens also crucial

16. Urban
solutions
WWF spotlights
win-win-win
practices
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17. • Expected global investment in cities needs to
be re-directed away from BAU fossil-fuel
dependent urban development
• …and towards a global transition that can
bolster quality of life
• Cities can be global solution hotspots in
promoting this transition
• BUT need support at all levels of government
while engaging their citizens

18. Thank you!
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