More than half the world lives in cities, and urbanization is accelerating – 68% of people will call a metropolis home by 2050. Climate solutions must address how urban populations live and grow as cities consume more energy, food, and goods than rural areas.

However, how cities contribute to climate change depends on their development. Population booms create an imperative to build climate solutions into urban growth strategies. The Climate Pledge signatories are collaborating to reimagine urban landscapes and achieve their 2040 goals through sustainable development initiatives.

Signatory highlights:

- Amazon, Deloitte, Greenko, HCL, and Mahindra Logistics: Partnered to develop electric vehicle infrastructure in Bengaluru. 

- CarbonCure Technologies: Deployed technologies that inject captured CO₂ into fresh concrete, mineralizing and permanently embedding it and reducing the concrete's carbon footprint through cement cuts. 

- JLL: Achieved green building certification for 60% of offices over 10,000 square feet and are on track to achieve 100% certification by 2030

- Lime: Enabled 600 million zero-emission rides. 

- McKinstry: Partnered with King County, Washington to build a charging base to accelerate electrification of their metro bus fleet, including securing a $1 million grant to fund the project.

- Microsoft: Received LEED Gold or Platinum standards for all build projects.

- Prologis: Provided enough EV charging to its customers to enable approximately 2 million miles of EV truck travel by the end of 2023.