ABSTRACT
The subsequent international discourse led by United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change recognizes and puts common but differentiable responsibilities on countries for ensuring a safer environment in near future. Emergence of sectoral indices to track, regulatory mechanisms to enforce and incentives to plan are all designed and implemented across sectors, and business organizations have increasingly responded. Since the world level of urbanization has already crossed 50% and is expected to cross 68% by 2030, the world is more urban than rural, and hence our focus is more on urban solutions. Food production itself causes 25% of global emissions. Presence of hunger might suggest that food production is insufficient, which is a myth, as an estimate by Food and Agriculture organization suggests that the world produces more food than is needed. Cities generate 70% of world’s waste and consume 80% of world’s energy, hence the need to address the sustainability concerns is much larger for urban areas.
