Carbon Neutral City

The agenda for a city committed to carbon neutrality.

Sustainability, in its multiple dimensions, is fundamental in public policies and urban planning. In order to respond to urban problems and challenges associated with mobility, energy and the circular economy, it’s necessary to consider the best solutions that contribute for the Knowledge City to be environmentally, socially, economically and culturally sustainable.

As a central element in the conception of a “Carbon Neutral City”, there is a concern with the reduction of the consumption of fossil energies and emissions of Greenhouse Gases.

How do we respond to this challenge?

When thinking about this new city model, it’s necessary to create the conditions for the use of active mobility, which seeks carbon neutrality, and for the prioritization of highly efficient water and energy systems.

On the other hand, it is crucial that the majority of energy needs find a local response in the production from renewable sources. Therefore, it’s possible to generate communities of renewable energies, interconnected in an energy sharing system, in order to fill surplus consumption.

The priority for the process of transition to the circular economy is also decisive, and conditions must be created so that most of the waste produced is reused, its surplus transformed into CDRs, biofuels for the production of additional energy and organic waste to be the target of recycling composting processes, fueling local farming processes.