London - The C40 Cities network and the sustainable development consultancy Arup have announced support for cities to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and become more resilient to climate change. Under the collaboration, Arup will invest up to 300,000 US dollars a year for three years to help C40 drive decarbonization measures.

The London-based sustainable development consultancy Arup will invest up to 300,000 US dollars per year to help the C40 Citiesnetwork increase resilience and decarbonisation in cities around the world, announced a statement. Much of the investment will derive from pro-bono staff time in support of projects that align with C40’s mission to address the climate crisis. The new three-year partnership will see Arup provide research, advocacy and technical support in areas such as green shipping corridors, green neighbourhoods and climate resilience. 

According to the statement, Arup has offices in 46 of the 97 cities that make up C40’s global network. C40 and Arup have collaborated for more than a decade on research on the climate crisis. The new partnership was signed in Amsterdam, with Arup’s Chairman Alan Belfield and C40’s Executive Director Mark Watts. Alan Belfield said in the statement: “We are committed to working alongside C40 Cities, bringing our expertise, to help cities shift from ambition to delivery at scale.” 

C40 Executive Director Mark Watts added that cities are able to move quickly due to their capacity to work with one another, “whether that’s technical collaborations, such as Beijing and Copenhagen swapping expertise to slash fuel consumption in district heating, or Tokyo and Kuala Lumpur’s collaboration to decarbonise the building sector”. He said that “ambitious progress” is required to halve emissions by 2030. em