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 Posted: Fri Dec 05, 2008 3:00 am Post subject: Cape Town Is One of World's Sustainable Cities |
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Cape Town Is One of World's Sustainable Cities
4th Dec. '08
Cape Town is one of 10 cities that are most likely to become a global sustainability centre by 2020, according to a list of the '20 cities of 2020' by the Ethisphere Institute, a New York business ethics and social responsibility think-tank.
The 2020 Global Sustainability Centres comprises of ten large cities (600,000+ citizens) and ten mid-sized cities (60,000-600,000 citizens) lauded for long-term city planning and building strong, principled foundations. Cape Town joined Toronto, Hyderabad, Singapore, Abu Dhabi, New York, London, Frankfurt, Curtiba and Melbourne on the list of large cities.
Cities were considered for their environmental and sustainability practices; health and recreation; education, arts and culture; economic and business environment; regulatory framework; law enforcement and transparency; media and speech; transportation and housing; and innovation and investment.
Cape Town was acknowledged for developing a sustainable development programme in 2004 to help deal with growing energy needs of the city. The programme aims to have 10 percent of homes using solar power and 10 percent of the city’s energy consumption coming from renewable sources by 2020.
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