FUTURE CITIES AND NEW ECONOMY, CARBON NEUTRALITY DRIVEN BY GREEN INNOVATIONS

This second special issue of the publication series on Future Cities and New Economy aims to stress the important role of cities in tackling climate change and achieving carbon neutrality. In particular, the publication points out the need to invest in innovation to improve and broaden sets of solutions to achieve carbon neutrality. Cities need to develop a pathway to achieve carbon neutrality by 2050 at the least, and set ambitious targets in terms of budgets and innovations. Also, robust policies, plans and partner- ships with governments, businesses and communities are required in order to accelerate the delivery of cities carbon neutrality targets including mitigation targets and adaptation goals.