↑ Carbon Zero City includes a proposed micro, urban world's fair, opened with a tall ships event.
The climate crisis is code red
Heat waves strain grids and have cause deaths in cities including Paris; floods threaten Miami, while hurricanes cripple cities like New Orleans and Ashville; rising seas displace millions from Jakarta and Dhaka; air pollution spikes respiratory illness in Delhi and Beijing; water shortages hit Cape Town and threaten Phoenix; extreme weather disrupts supply chains in Houston and Shenzhen; urban heat islands worsen emissions in Tokyo and New York; wildfires destroy homes near Sydney and Los Angeles.
Much is already being baked in.
No single solution exists — what is needed, and what Carbon Zero City will be, is the mother of all marketing and deployment engines to address the urban climate crisis.
ATMOSPHERIC CO2
In 2024 Surpassed 427 ppm, and the rate of increase is accelerating (Mauna Loa, NASA)
TEMPERATURE
2023 was the planet’s warmest year on record (source: NOAA.) Temperatures continue to rise to the 1.5°C threshold.
RISING SEAS
Damage infrastructure, disrupt transport, and threaten drinking water through saltwater intrusion (NASA, NOAA).