Events
The "Tools for a Sustainable City" Workshop in Spazio Thetis
Experts representing China, India and Europe will speak at the event. Europe, which is very active in urban development policies, offers a model that may serve as a reference for emerging countries.
A central theme for the conference is that cities and mobility represent a fundamental worldwide problem and, particularly in rapidly expanding countries such as China and India, they must be effectively managed to achieve a 50% reduction in CO2 emissions by mid-century, an objective identified at the G8 Summit in Hokkaido.
The Italian and Chinese ministries have jointly been working on this issue since 2000, an effort that has produced pilot projects with proven efficiency: “model” eco-compatible structures built in Beijing for the Shanghai Expo and model systems for managing mobility and public transport created in Beijing for the Olympics.
The objective of the two workshops is to take stock of current programs and explore strategies for the near future, with the aim of promoting an awareness of best practices and increasing the use of these practices as a means of contributing to the development and sustainable management of new cities.
Experts speaking at the event will include: Corrado Clini, Director General of the Ministry of the Environment, Shri M. Ramachandran, Secretary of the Ministry for Urban Development in India, the three experts from China Xin Jijun from the Ministry of Science and Technology, Bai Wenhua from the Shanghai Expo, Yu Lifeng, Vice-Director General of the Ministry for Environmental Protection, as well as Roberto Cecchi, Director General of the Ministry of Cultural Heritage, Paolo Costa, President of the European Parliament’s Transport Committee, and Francesco Merloni.
