Adopting a systems view of climate change
Adopting a systems view of climate change, the partners of the Climate Smart Cities Challenge will design system demonstrators in each of the four participating cities.
System demonstration is an approach to orchestrate a portfolio of connected innovations, targeting different aspects of a city’s climate and sustainability challenges. The purpose is to achieve multiple, large-scale and transformative outcomes that help cities become climate neutral while improving the lives of residents. Multiple and diverse stakeholders in each city will come together to learn from these demonstrators, and mobilize the necessary investments for climate transition.
Winning teams of the Climate Smart Cities Challenge will work with cities, investors and other partners to demonstrate new pathways and capabilities to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, while also contributing to nature restoration, social justice, health, security, employment and other societal benefits.
The system demonstration planning phase will take place from June – November 2022, building towards demonstrations in cities in 2023.
Multiple levers of change including governance, policy, regulation, behaviour change, data, legal technology and finance will be activated to achieve these results, thereby inspiring other actors, redirecting financial flows and mobilizing investments for climate neutrality to create a better future for all.
