Students Reinventing Cities
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C40 Cities Climate Leadership Group
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United Kingdom, 1 calls for projects, 0 reviews, 0 comments
C40 is a global leadership organization working to deliver the urgent action needed to confront the climate crisis and create a future where everyone can thrive. Our network is made up of nearly 100 of the world’s biggest, most influential cities, representing 700+ million people and one quarter of the global economy. C40 mayors are committed to reducing emissions in line with the highest ambition of the Paris Agreement, increasing resilience, cleaning the air we breathe and tackling inequality.
Description
Students Reinventing Cities is a global competition organised by C40 with 18 global Cities - Athens, Auckland, Barcelona, Bogota, Buenos Aires, Chicago, Dakar, New Delhi, Dubaï, Madrid, Melbourne, Montréal, Paris, Quezon City, Quito, Reykjavik, Seattle, Washington, D.C. - for students to collaborate with City governments and to imagine a more sustainable and inclusive vision for cities, by rethinking how neighborhoods are planned and designed.The 18 global cities have identified small neighborhoods, blocks or main streets they intend to revive. Together with C40, they invite multidisciplinary teams of students from around the world to imagine a pathway to decarbonize these urban areas and improve the quality of life for local communities. Students Reinventing Cities will:
- actively drive collaboration between students and city governments to deliver new approaches for low carbon urbanisation;
- support the development of new ideas and innovative solutions that can be rolled out on a global scale;
- create a space for academics and students to contribute to addressing the climate crisis and shaping a future that has climate and social justice at its heart;
- strengthen students’ knowledge on the leading policies, solutions and technologies on sustainability.
- The imperative of emissions reduction. Teams are invited to consider operational emissions, embodied emissions and consumption-based emissions
- The critical goal to ensure quality of life for local communities. Teams are invited to consider models such as the ‘15-minute City’ which is increasingly adopted as a valuable urban planning principle.
1 - Close to home
2 - People-centred mobility and thriving streets
3 - Connected place
4 - A place for everyone
5 - Clean construction
6 - Energy and buildings
7 - Resource management
8 - Green space, climate resilient and nature-based solutions
9 - Sustainable lifestyles
10 - Green economy
Teams must be composed of current students and may include participants from multiple departments such as architecture, urbanism, environment, engineering, real estate development, sociology, economy, art, etc.
Participants can choose one (or several) site(s) from the 18 participating cities. Participants do not need to choose the site from the city they reside or study in.
Timeline:
- Registration (mandatory): participating teams must register by Thursday 15 April 2021 at 5 pm Coordinated Universal Time (UTC))
- Submission of the Final Project: By Thursday 27 May 2021 at 5pm Coordinated Universal Time (UTC)
More details about students Reinventing Cities can be found ->www.c40reinventingcities.org/en/students/
Jury
The final projects will be evaluated by a jury that will be composed of representatives from the City, C40 and will include international experts.
The competition complies with principles of anonymity, transparency, equal treatment, and non-discrimination. The jury will therefore not have access to the following information: the name of the team members and of the Universities they are part of and neither the name of their eventual advisor.
A winner will be selected for each of the 18 sites.
The competition complies with principles of anonymity, transparency, equal treatment, and non-discrimination. The jury will therefore not have access to the following information: the name of the team members and of the Universities they are part of and neither the name of their eventual advisor.
A winner will be selected for each of the 18 sites.
Partners
Rewards
Multiple rewards
For each site, the winning team will:--> Receive public recognition by both the City and C40 through a public event. This will include the receipt of an official Certificate signed by the Mayor of the City and the Executive Director of C40;
--> Receive coverage in a local and global communication campaign (incl. social media, press release, featuring on this website);
--> Be featured in an official video sponsored by C40 that will celebrate their project;
--> Be invited to present their project to business leaders, city officials and leading climate organizations in a virtual event;
--> Be invited by the City to stay involved in an advisory role regarding future projects in the area.
Timeline
Europe/Paris
Launch of the call for projects
The City of Paris & C40 invite you to the launch on Friday, 12 Feb at 10h register --> https://c40.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_3Mx9Fay_RmakqS4320OXqg
Registration ends
Registration (mandatory): participating teams must register by Thursday 15 April 2021 at 5 pm (UTC) / 6pm (Paris time) (no project required)
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