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:
For the remainder of the Challenge, we will continue to serve as a partner in an advisory role to UN-Habitat.
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.
This team proposes a decentralised model of urban public cleaning services performed by residents, with an education program focused on household energy consumption efficiency.
This model also proposes the availability of “smart points” of delivery of waste and mobility, and the implementation of a local composting program for small urban farms.
AMA – Agentes do Meio Ambiente, Ambiente Livre, Nudgd and Smart Green Station.
Green Bricks – Sustainable construction
Ambiente Livre – Waste management/circular economy
Smart Green Station – Mobility
Allihop – Mobility
AMA – Agentes do Meio Ambiente (Environmental Agents) – Civic engagement digital solution
Vacuum Gravity Energy – Energy
Nudgd – Civic engagement digital solution
Marula Proteen Limited – Waste management/circular economy
SunEmison Solar Energy Private – Energy
An innovation competition to accelerate the shift to climate neutral cities.
An innovation competition to accelerate the shift to climate neutral cities.
An innovation competition to accelerate the shift to climate neutral cities.
Broader Programmes
