Uploaded April 2023 | Updated September 2026, 3 hours ago
Many of the most populous cities in the world are located near coastlines, rivers, and floodplains, exposing millions to the vulnerabilities of climate change impacts. Unfortunately, the poorest and most marginalized populations are disproportionately affected by climate change impacts, and do not have the financial resources to mitigate risk or build resilience to increasingly frequent and severe climate disasters. The sustainable development of urban areas in planning, design, and investment in mitigation of climate change impacts is imperative to the wellbeing of millions of urban-dwellers worldwide.
Corporate Knights has developed a quantitative, indictors-based index to assess the sustainable development of global cities. The index focuses on the environmental aspects of sustainability and has introduced the Corporate Knights Socio-Economic Adjustment Factor to account for socio-economic differences that impact the sustainability of environmental factors. The universe of cities assessed this year increased from 50 to 70.
SPEAKERS:
Adria Vasil, Managing Editor, Corporate Knights (Host)
Nadia Morson, Research Analyst, Corporate Knights
Eddie Andrews, Deputy Mayor, Cape Town
Tyrone Jue, Director of the Department of the Environment, San Francisco
David Symons, Director of Sustainability, WSP
Sponsor: WSP
Many of the most populous cities in the world are located near coastlines, rivers, and floodplains, exposing millions to the vulnerabilities of climate change impacts. Unfortunately, the poorest and most marginalized populations are disproportionately affected by climate change impacts, and do not have the financial resources to mitigate risk or build resilience to increasingly frequent and severe climate disasters. The sustainable development of urban areas in planning, design, and investment in mitigation of climate change impacts is imperative to the wellbeing of millions of urban-dwellers worldwide.
Corporate Knights has developed a quantitative, indictors-based index to assess the sustainable development of global cities. The index focuses on the environmental aspects of sustainability and has introduced the Corporate Knights Socio-Economic Adjustment Factor to account for socio-economic differences that impact the sustainability of environmental factors. The universe of cities assessed this year increased from 50 to 70.
SPEAKERS:
Adria Vasil, Managing Editor, Corporate Knights (Host)
Nadia Morson, Research Analyst, Corporate Knights
Eddie Andrews, Deputy Mayor, Cape Town
Tyrone Jue, Director of the Department of the Environment, San Francisco
David Symons, Director of Sustainability, WSP
Sponsor: WSP
