Warren Karlenzig

Fellow, Urban Sustainability

Communities

Warren Karlenzig, President of Common Current, has developed sustainability strategy and metrics on a global basis with nations, the State of California, major cities, corporations, foundations and international non-governmental organizations. Clients have included the United Nations; US Department of State; the White House Office of Science and Technology; US EPA Futures Group; the Asian Institute for Energy, Environment & Sustainability; and The David and Lucile Packard Foundation. He is recognized as one of the world's top experts on urban sustainability strategy and metrics, and is the author of How Green is Your City? The SustainLane US City Rankings (New Society, 2007) and Blueprint for Greening Affordable Housing (Global Green USA, 1999).

Warren is on the board of directors for the Climate Change Center and the Korea Green Foundation, and has lectured in three continents, appearing in global media including The Washington Post, The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, People's Daily (China), BBC, CNN and CNBC.

videos

Manual for mayors

length: 5:51   credit: China Dialogue

Sustainability consultant and Post Carbon Fellow Warren Karlenzig discusses his latest project: a UN-backed green manual for China's megacities.

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Meet the Planet with Warren Karlenzig

length: 35:49   credit: Meet the Planetdownload

 Warren Karlenzig interviewed about talking about retrofitting suburbs and the Transition model on Meet the Planet. Interview starts at 3:35.

Latest Publications

Global Mayors Start Acting Upon UN's Sustainable City Manual

Warren Karlenzig    Dec 06, 2011   

After providing the curriculum for training urban leaders from 12 Southeast and Central Asian nations a few weeks ago (Manila, Philippines is pictured above), the United Nations is now globally launching the full content of … >>

9 Global Experts Steer the Gulf Oil Spill Conversation into Fresh Waters

Warren Karlenzig    May 20, 2010   

In an effort to broaden the conversation about the horrific Gulf Coast oil spill, nine Fellows of the Post Carbon Institute offer their perspectives on largely underreported aspects and outcomes of the disaster.   ERIKA … >>

CITIES: The Death of Sprawl

Warren Karlenzig    Jun 23, 2010   

EXCERPT: In April 2009—just when people thought things couldn’t get worse in San Bernardino County, California—bulldozers demolished four perfectly good new houses and a dozen others still under … >>

The Post Carbon Reader

Warren Karlenzig

How do population, water, energy, food, and climate issues impact one another? What can we do to address one problem without making the others worse? The Post Carbon Reader features essays by some of the world’s most … >>

press coverage

Karlenzig quoted in the Wall Street Journal on building green cities

Warren Karlenzig  

Post Carbon Fellow Warren Karlenzig was quoted in this article on this article in the Wall Street Journal on whether cities can be part of building a sustainble environment. From the article: Can cities be part of the … >>