Curitiba Climate Smart Cities Challenge

What was the Curitiba Climate Smart Cities Challenge?

Despite an impressive history as a world leader in developing active mobility and public transport, private car ownership in Curitiba continues to rise.

The Curitiba Challenge asked the question:

How can we create zero carbon neighborhoods that integrate multiple urban functions, and promote economic opportunity and green job growth for local residents?

We worked with UN-Habitat and Viable Cities to design and run four city-based challenges, each of which were designed to help achieve global net zero and create a better future for all. We helped to design, develop and deliver the first two phases of the Challenge:

• Open call for cities (closed 18 January 2021)
• Competition for innovators to enter the challenge (closed 5 January 2022)

For the remainder of the Challenge, we will continue to serve as a partner in an advisory role to UN-Habitat.

FIND OUT MORE ABOUT THE OTHER THREE CITY CHALLENGES

Watch this video to learn more about Curitba’s Challenge

About Curitiba

Curitiba is the capital city of Paraná State, located in south Brazil.

With a population estimated at 1.9 million inhabitants, the city is often known and awarded due to its urban planning system, focused on the Transit Oriented Development model, and due to its environmental awareness, being one of the greenest capitals and one of the cities that recycle the most in Brazil.

Curitiba has been acknowledged and awarded recently also by its initiatives towards becoming a smart city.