Methodology
Arriving at the Top 100 Creating Cities100 was a long, multi-step process. The transparency of our application and evaluation procedures is of the utmost importance to the integrity of Cities100. By presenting our methodology, we enable readers to understand how we selected these 100 city solutions. Finding the solutions Throughout May of 2017, Sustainia and C40 conducted a public campaign to encourage as many cities as possible to submit applications for exciting climate change projects to be featured in Cities100. This campaign included direct contact with city officials, desk research, and social media outreach and communication. In all, these efforts yielded 175 applications from 91 cities across every region of the world. Who was eligible? In order to ensure that applications came from the most viable, innovative, and replicable solutions, all submissions had to meet the following eligibility requirements: Applications had to be submitted by a municipality, or by a third-party organization with the support of the cooperating municipality Solutions must be operating, and had to be initiated in 2012 or later Solutions must have all or a substantial amount of the project funds secured
In order to feature new solutions each year, projects featured in the 2015 or 2016 editions of Cities100 were not eligible for consideration in this year’s edition.
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CITIES SUBMITTED PROJECTS WITHIN 5 SECTORS:
ENERGY
WASTE
ADAPTATION
MITIGATION
TRANSPORTATION