ITDP is grateful to the following organizations for providing financial support for the Our Cities Ourselves program.

The ClimateWorks Foundation supports public policies that prevent dangerous climate change and catalyze sustainable global prosperity. ClimateWorks partners with an international network of affiliated organizations—the ClimateWorks Network—to support smart policies in the geographic regions and economic sectors that have the greatest potential for reducing greenhouse gas emissions.

The Network’s goal is to inspire adoption of effective policies to limit annual global greenhouse gas emissions to 44 billion metric tons by the year 2020 (a reduction of 17 billion metric tons, or about 25 percent below business-as-usual projections), and 35 billion metric tons by the year 2030 (50 percent below projections).

The ClimateWorks Foundation is supporting Our Cities Ourselves around the world.

VREF, Volvo Research and Educational Foundation, is the collective name under which four foundations collaborate to finance research and education in the areas of transportation, environment and energy. Since the turn of the Century, these foundations – through VREF – have focused on the area Future Urban Transport (FUT) with the subtitle, “How to deal with complexity.” VREF finances FUT research programmes for the purpose of contributing to new ideas and solutions within the complex structure that lies behind the design of sustainable transportation systems in big cities. The challenge is to find urban transport systems that will provide accessibility for the masses while at the same time radically reducing transportation’s negative local and global environmental impacts.

Partners

If you are interested in the ideas and work of Our Cities Ourselves, please check out the websites of our partner organizations to learn more about sustainable transportation, urban planning, and much more.

American Institute of Architects — NY Chapter and the Center for Architecture
Gehl Architects
Nelson Nygaard
Regional Plan Association
StreetsBlog
Transportation Alternatives