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Follow the Data Podcast: How Buenos Aires, Argentina is Responding to COVID-19On this episode, Fernando Straface, the Secretary General and Secretary of Foreign Relations of the City of Buenos Aires, joins Dr. Kelly Henning – head of Bloomberg Philanthropies public health team. Together, they discuss how Buenos Aires is collaborating with other Latin American cities to coordinate coronavirus response, how the city government...
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5 Women Mayors to Watch for Climate LeadershipToday in Paris, Mayor Anne Hidalgo is convening mayors, business leaders, and others to bring attention to a troubling problem: While women globally are more impacted by climate change than men, they’re underrepresented at decision-making levels in government. The good news is, that’s changing. The Women4Climate gathering in Paris is part of a C40...
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Mayors Meeting the Challenge: A Visit to PhillyBy Patricia E. Harris, CEO of Bloomberg Philanthropies One year ago, Bloomberg Philanthropies launched the American Cities Initiative, our umbrella initiative that includes all of our work in U.S. cities. Since then, we’ve made several major investments aimed at helping cities tackle their most pressing issues. We’ve doubled down on helping cities...
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Power of Partnerships Q&A with the Natural Resources Defense CouncilA partner in the American Cities Climate Challenge, the NRDC’s Kimi Narita shares her thoughts on why cities should apply to the American Cities Climate Challenge.
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Follow the Data Podcast Episode 11: Closing the Word Gap in Providence, RIThe eleventh episode of Follow the Data features the winner of the 2013 Mayors Challenge: Providence, Rhode Island. A component of Mike Bloomberg’s recently announced American Cities Initiative, and now in its fourth round, the Mayors Challenge empowers city leaders to think big, be bold, and uncover inventive ideas that have the power to spread.
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Russia’s comprehensive tobacco control law leads to change and progressBy Becky Bavinger, Bloomberg Philanthropies Public Health. The last time I was in Russia, over 10 years ago, I was a college student and couldn’t afford to go into many restaurants and clubs. But even if I could have paid for a meal, I wouldn’t have wanted to sit in the smoke-filled room for long. Similar to many American cities at the time, there...
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The Ticking Clock: A race toward transportation electrificationBy Ben Prochazka, Executive Director, Electrification Coalition When you consider that most modern-day vehicles have a lifespan of 10-20 years, we’re in a sprint against the clock to electrify transportation in the United States and across the world. The transportation sector is the largest source of U.S. greenhouse gas emissions, in part because o...
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Climate in 2020: A Year In ReviewBy Antha Williams, Global Head of Climate and Environment Programs at Bloomberg Philanthropies There’s no doubt that 2020 has been a transformative year which has forced us to examine the ways our systems and institutions must change in order to support a sustainable, justice-oriented society. This has been more pronounced than ever when it comes t...
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Earth Day 2020: COVID-19, Climate and Collective ActionOn the 50th anniversary of Earth Day, the continued climate ambition of cities, states, businesses and other non-federal organizations gives us reason to be hopeful. Non-federal climate action has led to tangible progress against the climate crisis -- including groundbreaking expansion of renewable energy, millions of square miles of protected ocea...
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Follow the Data Podcast: The Innovative Mayor, Naheed NenshiIn this episode of Follow the Data, Mayor Nenshi and James discuss how his experience as a professor and business consultant have informed his approach to the job of being mayor, the “simple social movement” happening in Calgary that’s improving the city’s schools and neighborhoods, and why it’s important for political leaders to talk about plurali...