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urban dwellers, reaching 534 impacts of rising global sensitivity, and enhance
million by 2026 (Registrar emissions and climate change. the quality of life through
General, 2006). The initiation safety, inclusivity, thoughtful
of significant projects like This backdrop sets the stage planning, and equitable access
the Delhi Mumbai Industrial for a shift towards sustainable to urban services (Mustafa,
Corridor and Gujarat’s GIFT urban development, focusing 2012).
City highlights an upcoming on utilising renewable energy
urban expansion. While sources and reducing carbon Global Interventions for
generating employment footprints. The forthcoming Low-Carbon Cities
through substantial foreign section explores the Globally, initiatives in Taiwan,
investment, this growth is concept of low-carbon cities Malaysia, and the UK, among
also likely to boost energy alongside various national others, have undertaken
use, traffic congestion, and and international initiatives significant assessments and
dependence on various aimed at addressing the developed frameworks for
transport systems. This environmental impact of low-carbon cities. Cities like
growth presents a challenge urbanisation. This study New York, London, and
as it coincides with prevalent explores India’s approach Tokyo have launched low-
urban
low-carbon
to
power shortages affecting carbon planning programs.
half of the population, development, examining Meanwhile, Barcelona,
highlighting the disparity national initiatives promoting Berlin, Hangzhou, and
between energy demand and a sustainable future. It focuses Copenhagen focus on
supply. on measures to counter policies that enhance energy
climate change’s negative
The situation underscores the impacts, ensuring a healthier and industrial structures,
upgrade
transport
public
urgency for developing low- environment for future systems, optimise building
carbon cities, emphasising generations. design, reduce household
the construction of energy- consumption, and elevate
efficient buildings, promoting Concept Of Low Carbon public consciousness about
public transport, and Cities environmental issues. This
implementing water recycling While lacking a uniform global movement towards
and rainwater harvesting definition, low-carbon cities low-carbon development is
practices. As the third-largest are recognised for their evidenced by over 1,050 cities
source of CO emissions commitment to sustainable in the United States, 40 in
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globally, India faces a critical practices and technologies, India, and more than 100 in
need to curb its emissions, achieving significantly China setting goals to reduce
projected to increase fivefold reduced carbon and GHG carbon emissions (Meirong et
by 2050 if current trends emissions compared to al., 2013).
continue, further exacerbating conventional standards. Their
the reliance on scarce goal is to mitigate the negative For assessing GHG emissions
fossil fuels (British High impacts associated with in urban settings, Taiwan’s
Commission, 2012b). This climate change (Keitha, 2011). Environmental Protection
trajectory threatens significant These cities are envisioned as Administration (EPA) utilizes
sectors of India’s economy, desirable places for living and key indicators such as GHG
such as employment, water working, address the needs of emissions per capita and
supplies, agriculture, and present and future residents, the recycling rates for both
infrastructure, due to the maintain environmental solid waste and wastewater.
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