Clinton Foundation, launched a program in collaboration with the U.S. Last fall, the Clinton Climate Initiative (CCI), a project of the William J. At the same time, a new generation of sustainable cities - from China to the Americas - is rising from the ground up.
To mitigate the impact of urban growth on climate change, visionary cities worldwide are implementing programs aimed at reducing their carbon footprints and moving toward carbon-neutral status. By 2050 the world’s cities will be home to 70 percent of the population, or more than six billion people. This installment looks at new cities around the world that are striving to achieve carbon-neutral status.įor the first time in history, half of the world’s population - some 3.2 billion people - lives in cities, which occupy just two percent of the Earth’s land mass but generate a massive 80 percent of the planet’s global warming emissions. Her advocacy work extends to organizations such as Share Winter Foundation and Save the Boundary Waters.The last installment in a series examining progress in creating carbon-neutral communities. She is now a 14x World Cup winner, 6x World Championship medalist, 3x Olympian, 3x Olympic medalist and the reigning World Champion.Īs an active climate change and environmental advocate, Jessie is a Protect our Winters Board Member and member of the Athlete Alliance program to support its global cause of uniting the outdoor sports community to support bipartisan policies that protect the places we love and experiences we love from climate change.
From Afton, MN, Jessie is the first American to win the prestigious Tour de Ski stage race, the World Cup Overall Championship and the World Cup Distance Championship. Photo credit: Chicago Sports & Entertainment Partners Jessie DigginsĪmerican cross-country skier and environmental activist Jessie Diggins became the first-ever Olympic Gold Medalist for USA’s Women’s Cross-Country Team for her historic win at the 2018 PyeongChang Winter Olympics.
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