Much of the world’s built environment isfound in urban areas, and cities are thought to beresponsible for up to 70 percent of global greenhouse gas(GHG) emissions, and up to 80 percent of primary energydemand. Most of the energy consumed in the world fuels urbanindustry, powers urban homes and offices, and moves peoplewithin and between cities. This paper is about climatechange mitigation in cities, and will primarily look at howlocal authorities can provide a higher quality of life fortheir citizens while at the same time achieving higherresource efficiency. It will also look at how climate changemitigation measures could help boost local employment anddrive economic growth. The focus will be on buildings(residential, commercial, and office), public servicesinfrastructure (water, sewage, solid waste management, andpublic lighting), and urban form. Other topics of interestin this respect, such as transport and industrial productionwill be discussed tangentially in relation to the othertopics (e.g. urban form influences and is influenced bytransport patterns and strategies).
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