{"id":21846,"date":"2014-02-09T14:26:18","date_gmt":"2014-02-09T14:26:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ecowatch.com\/?p=320646"},"modified":"2014-02-09T14:26:18","modified_gmt":"2014-02-09T14:26:18","slug":"slideshow-8-ways-c40-megacities-address-climate-change","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/leedpoints.com\/green-building-blog\/slideshow-8-ways-c40-megacities-address-climate-change\/","title":{"rendered":"Slideshow: 8 Ways C40 Megacities Address Climate Change"},"content":{"rendered":null,"protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"http:\/\/files.cdn.ecowatch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/nycity-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"nycity\"><\/p>\n<p>The&nbsp;megacities that comprise the C40 Climate Leadership Group (C40) made some of the <a href=\"http:\/\/ecowatch.com\/2014\/02\/06\/worlds-largest-cities-climate-change-policies\/\" target=\"_blank\">boldest, most impactful climate actions<\/a> in the world since 2011.<\/p>\n<p>They included&nbsp;implementing energy efficiency regulations for buildings, instituting bus rapid transit lines, flood mapping efforts and initiatives to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, <a href=\"http:\/\/c40-production-images.s3.amazonaws.com\/researches\/images\/19_C40_Climate_Action_Report.original.pdf?1391555377\" target=\"_blank\">a report<\/a> from the C40 and Arup uncovered.<\/p>\n<p>C40 megacities range from Chicago, Ill. to Sydney, Australia. Here are graphics from the study that show mayoral powers and actions that addressed <a href=\"http:\/\/ecowatch.com\/category\/climate-change-news\/\" target=\"_blank\">climate change<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>[blackoutgallery id=&#8221;320637&#8243;]&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Visit EcoWatch&rsquo;s&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/ecowatch.com\/category\/climate-change-news\/\" target=\"_blank\">CLIMATE CHANGE<\/a>&nbsp;page for more related news on this topic.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/ecowatch.com\/newsletter-signup\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"topnewsbanner121\" src=\"http:\/\/files.cdn.ecowatch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/topnewsbanner121.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"120\"><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1,57],"tags":[2892,12198,3001],"class_list":["post-21846","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-green-building-posts","category-leed-news","tag-business","tag-featured-business","tag-sustainable-business"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/leedpoints.com\/green-building-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21846","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/leedpoints.com\/green-building-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/leedpoints.com\/green-building-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/leedpoints.com\/green-building-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/leedpoints.com\/green-building-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21846"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/leedpoints.com\/green-building-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21846\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/leedpoints.com\/green-building-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21846"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/leedpoints.com\/green-building-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21846"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/leedpoints.com\/green-building-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21846"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}