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  A comment on Conversation: A conversation with Shell: How can the smarter use of energy and other resources unlock the true potential of cities?

  Jun 26 2012: ...... As businesses we have a responsibility to do some of the heavy lifting towards new forms of partnership and collaboration. That's not a comfortable proposition. It requires that we think radically about our business models and how we make money out of them..... If we can crack that and find new ways to build productive a partnerships with other businesses, government and city leaders, the opportunity is phenomenal...
  
  First China, then India, the across Asia and Africa...... The consequence of not acting quickly could be, I fear, to compound an already growing problem, the consequences of which in adaptation to climatic and environmental changes (not least in stressed cities) could be huge......

• A comment on Conversation: A conversation with Shell: How can the smarter use of energy and other resources unlock the true potential of cities?

  Jun 26 2012: China has embarked on the most aggressive wave of urban development ever seen on the planet. As the country moves from behind the global average to a majority urbanised society the risks and opportunities associated with the development that will take place between now and 2030 will define for the century which follows whether Chinas cities leapfrog the European and North American malaise of inefficient infrastructure and unconnected mobility, water, waste and information systems and embrace a new approach to development. At the heart of the opportunity is better policy and collaboration.
  
  None of the technologies needed to manage that transformation require ingenious innovation. We have them all, whether it's anaerobic digestion for managing city waste and using it to feed power generation, or the smart systems which create huge operating efficiencies in mobility or communication.