Greenest cities in the world, 2018.
Cities around the globe are going green. Over 100 cities from Addis
Ababa to Auckland use more than 70 percent renewables in their energy
mix, according to CDP research. The places where populations are at
their most dense and pollution is at its highest are doing their bit to
battle rising global temperatures by turning to hydro, geothermal, solar
and wind to keep the lights on.
Since the Paris Agreement to limit global warming to below 2
degrees, city leaders have improved their environmental reporting and
set firm emissions reductions targets, CDP said. In the U.S. 58 cities
and towns, including Atlanta and San Diego, have committed to move to
100 percent clean energy. Meanwhile Burlington, Vermont, claims to be
the first city in the country to get its energy from entirely renewable
sources.