Kolkata Green Mobility Plan Wins ‘The Future We Want’ Award at C40

Bloomberg Philanthropies, along with C40 – a group of 94 cities that represent one twelfth of the world's population and one quarter of the global economy – announced seven winners for its 2019 C40 cities Bloomberg Philanthropies Awards at the C40 World Mayors Summit in Copenhagen on Thursday, 10 October.

Among the seven winners, Kolkata was awarded ‘The Future We Want Relies on Green Mobility’ for its Low Carbon Commute Transition (Green mobility) projects. Kolkata was the only Indian city to have made it to the list of seven winners.

This year's theme for the C40 Cities Bloomberg Philanthropies Award was 'The Future We Want'.

Following are the rest of the six cities that were awarded for their sustainable efforts:

• The future we want is resilient – Awarded to Medellín, Colombia for its Avenida Oriental Green Corridors
• The future we want runs on renewable energy – Awarded to Seoul, South Korea for its Solar City Expansion
• The future we want engages all citizens – Awarded to Accra, Ghana for its Informal Waste Collection Expansion
• The future we want breathes clean air – Awarded to London, UK for its Ultra-Low Emission Zone
• The future we want requires transformative change – Awarded to San Francisco, USA for its CleanPowerSF program
• The future we want uses green technologies – Awarded to Guangzhou, China for its Expansive Bus Electrification

(With inputs from Bloomberg Philanthropies.)