Carbon-Neutral Cities
In November, 2009, Steffen gave two nights of talks at Seattle's Town Hall. These talks were introduced by the Mayor-elect, Mike McGinn, and the City Council President, Richard Conlin, and focused on the opportunity for Seattle to lead the U.S. national climate debate by becoming carbon-neutral on a city-wide per capita basis by 2030. These talks lead Conlin and the American Institute for Architects, Seattle, to take up the call for climate neutrality, and other groups joining in. In February 2010, the City Council made the goal official. If it succeeds in meeting that goal, Seattle will be North America's first climate-neutral city.
In 2011, Steffen gave a TED talk at the TED Global conference on the carbon-neutral future of cities.
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