Almere, Netherlands, is an example of a city that has outlined zero-carbon urban plans in the 2024 Reinventing Cities competition run by global city mayor network C40. Image: Unsplash/Daria Nepriakhina '' But they can't do it alone. That's why 40 mayors and governors in the C40 network, which exists to tackle the climate crisis, have called for City leaders multilateral development banks (MDBs) to provide essential support. 3. Developing specific urban climate action programmes providing: technical assistance for project preparation and implementation; scaled-up concessional MDB finance; and enhanced support for private finance mobilization. The city of Almere, to the east of Amsterdam in the Netherlands, is transforming an underused area of land into a zero-carbon urban renewal project providing houses and workspaces for the local community. On the eastern outskirts of Bologna in Italy, part of a former military barracks area is being regenerated to include public spaces, new...
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