New Report: Latin American Green City Index

The Economic Intelligence Unit (EIU) of the news magazine The Economist and Siemens released a The Economic Intelligence Unit (EIU) of the news magazine The Economist and Siemens released a Latin American Green City Index measuring sustainability of 17 key cities in the region. EIU is a prominent research and intelligence firm that delivers business and intelligence to more than 1.5 million decision-makers from global companies, financial institutions, governments and universities. This new report is likely to be highly influential.Latin American Green City Index measuring sustainability of 17 key cities in the region. EIU is a prominent research and intelligence firm that delivers business and intelligence to more than 1.5 million decision-makers from global companies, financial institutions, governments and universities. This new report is likely to be highly influential.

The United Nations says Latin America is the most urbanized region of the world with 81 percent of people living in cities compared to 40 percent globally. This study was conducted specifically to focus on urban environmental issues, both best practices and environmental concerns that that have resulted from a lack of environmental governance, rapid urbanization and degraded infrastructue. The report highlights best practices and its analysis is a sort of “state of the environment” for cities in order to help them learn from one another. The report includes a detailed analysis of Curitiba, ranked first overall for its efforts in sustainable transport. The iconic city was recently featured at a film screening and panel discussion hosted by EMBARQ (the producer of this blog) and became the headquarters of the newly launched Latin American Association for Bus Rapid Transit and Integrated Transport Systems.

Latin American Green City Index