What Is the Most Sustainable City in the World?

this video is sponsored by eco cities around the world a growing rapidly as the world population continues to grow cities will encounter a huge rise in the number of people they after cater for the population of some cities will even double by 2050 now try to imagine twice the amount of people in your city the majority of this development is not being done sustainably and showing no mercy to our planet's resources fortunately however there are some cities which show us hope and a pioneering new ways in which development can be made sustainable so we chose to visit some of these sustainable cities to see how it is possible for urban development to respect our environment but which one can be titled the world's most sustainable city well stick around to find out Copenhagen aims to be the first carbon-neutral capital city by 2025 one of the ways they aim to achieve this goal is through their transportation sector in the last 10 years Copenhagen has invested over 300 million dollars into bike infrastructure and the Danish government have also placed incredibly high taxes on owning motorised vehicles the residents have no reason to complain as the public transport is excellent and the cycle routes cut right across the capital city there are now five times the number of bikes the cars they also encourage by usage by developing residential buildings that can be cycled right at the top such as the eighth house in the ørestad district this building designed by big architects is incredibly energy efficient the shape of the building allows for passive solar heating in all of the apartments while the green roof insulates the building stopping heat from escaping all new developments in Copenhagen are being designed with the environment in mind the international school in the North Haven district is wrapped in 12,000 solar panels the solar panels provide the school with over half its energy needs but they also educate the children on the importance of renewable energy all across Copenhagen there has been a real effort made in educating the public on sustainability they are hosting exhibitions which informing the public on sustainable arching for the future this exhibition also explains how the architecture within the city is environmentally friendly such as the waste energy power plan which is a ski slope installed on the roof allowing the public to access the energy sector will educate them on whether energy is coming from and they will therefore feel a greater level of accountability when using the energy we got the scenes out of the power plant where every year four hundred and forty thousand tons of waste is being converted into clean energy finally the Danish field leading in their use of wind power and have recently invested over 1 billion dollars into offshore wind turbines now over the Singapore which has been close to the greenest city in Asia this city has some remarkable architecture including the most recognizable building the Marina Bay Suns while these mega structures may seem bad for the environment Singapore is insured they have interweave nature into the design you can see more about the environmental benefits of these designs in my green buildings video Singapore receives over 19 million tourists each year which is more than what some of the large European capital cities receive the major tourist attractions in Singapore have an eco driven concept for example the cloud forest in the gardens by the bay takes you on a journey through nature showing you all of its beauty at the end of the journey you are exposed to the devastation that humans are causing to the natural world which makes you want to do your bit to help having environmental education like this for tourists means that Singapore is able to have wide reaching effects with its sustainable efforts now away from tourist attractions Singapore may be classed as one of the most socially sustainable countries in the world due to its remarkable housing schemes 80 percent of the population lives in public housing this public housing helps families avoid homelessness and other kinds of housing instability this has had great success in stimulating Singapore's economy as one of the reasons why they have become one of the most economically successful countries in the world having a stable economy allows Singapore to divert their attention toward pressing environmental issues rather than worrying about financial problems given the lung constraints and the high population density they have done exceptionally well to provide adequate green space in fact there is over 47% of green coverage in Singapore this greenery extends up the buildings and also forms new gardens in the sky now from our research and visits Singapore and Copenhagen are the two cities we have found to be leading in sustainability however before I argue which of the two cities is more sustainable I wanted to give some honorable mentions to some of the other cities which are taking significant environmental action in terms of renewable energy rec you Vic in Iceland will be classed as the world's most sustainable city as one hundred percent of its energy comes from renewable sources such as geothermal and hydropower however because the city doesn't have the same scale of population to other large cities it would be unfair to get recommitted as title Berlin deserves a mention due to its focus towards sustainable agriculture local food production is being supported across the city through urban farming and an increasing number of farmers markets his class is one of the most vegan friendly cities in the world an organic food consumption is massively on the rise it is also a city trying to increase its renewable energy usage the government buildings are now being powered by solar panels and ground source heat pumps all three of the stand the Naveen Capitals are great examples of sustainable cities they evolved May promises to dramatically reduce their greenhouse gas emissions Oslo aims to reduce 95% of its greenhouse gas emissions by the year 2030 there are a number of other cities which are making great progress but let me know in the comments if you feel I have missed any of the key cities owl now what makes Singapore and Copenhagen stand out from the rest well a city's level of sustainability can be based off of the criteria set in the UN sustainable development goals these two cities are making great progress in almost all of the 17 objectives however there must be one winner therefore based off of this criteria I would deem Copenhagen to be the most sustainable city in the world as they're progressing much faster in solving their energy sector however as you have seen in this video we can learn from a whole range of cities when we were proposing to create new developments therefore I hope the cities of the future will learn from these examples and implement some of their environmental strategies please leave a thumbs up if you found this video to be useful and I'd love to hear from you in the comments on what you think is the most sustainable city also don't forget to check out the green buildings video and subscribe to how we save Earth thank you for watching and I will see you next week this video is kindly sponsored by eco they are an all-in-one platform which combined all the tools you need to start living a carbon neutral lifestyle I personally use their platform to measure my own carbon footprint which I am then able to offset by choosing one of their certified green projects their website is in the description below so make sure you go and check them out

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Length: 7min 49sec (469 seconds)

Published: Sat May 09 2020