# Invest in Our Planet for a Sustainable Future

- Link: https://greenlivingguy.com/2022/04/invest-in-our-planet-for-a-sustainable-future/
- Published: 2022-04-22T09:20:43-04:00
- Author: greenlivingguy

## This Earth Day “Invest in Our Planet” to Pivot Climate Change

Pioneering Digital Twin tech company Cityzenith has urged governments, real estate
owners, city planners, and energy companies to act on [Earth Day](https://greenlivingguy.com/2017/05/earth-day-news-from-wwf-with-500px-brings-exclusive-photos/)
2022’s (Friday 22 April) theme ‘Invest In Our Planet.’

“Invest is exactly the word here,” said Cityzenith CEO and Founder Michael Jansen.“
[Investing](https://greenlivingguy.com/2011/11/wise-energy-investments-fuel-job-growth/)
in de-carbonization of cities and infrastructure now will save us trillions of dollars.
In addition to dreadful devastation to our environment.

“Inspired and enlightened investment in circular economics is also vital. This is
what we are doing with our Urban Digital Twin technology. It helps drive down 50-
100% of carbon emissions in our [buildings and infrastructure](https://greenlivingguy.com/2014/02/concrete-buildings-as-smart-cities-future-of-infrastructure/).
Moreover, it links our platform with carbon credits to offset vital areas such as
the [Amazon](https://greenlivingguy.com/2019/08/its-not-just-the-amazon-its-africa-on-fire-too/)
rainforest.

Jansen added that [Earth Day](https://u7061146.ct.sendgrid.net/ls/click?upn=4tNED-2FM8iDZJQyQ53jATUWhmzb68MD7iewQk9Xj6DIt0bSknHnbn25kmihDS6HKzDfX2dA-2BHrpf3rQcBcynpBg-3D-3DBTEg_INCA-2FPyIhC63I1FHQ-2FtwXKsMamN5mBOz6hLuWKtOi7lGFa34m3XTTCutzwz1Sll-2Bo95ORv6iMAl-2Fv519MKDYswT2VhCtfYB9WGRs-2BHX5jtEskbmSbPVJCyYG8iHSqg9AVGozz9SNzfdxnTHpBQn2sAsyCMbGpWYCIxMiPX0-2FxcmEd1fsWA8vAZRzq9PJhj3Uh9xkvlHVLtGgdYIESU-2FHGlJT4xuOs0l5VRd8oETXdwKpd-2Fhw5FA9TIeM3sqN-2BFmkstldGUXOO-2BYEw0vpXePhO-2ByShU5m0fHqbKgUelXuug33xMKoCQ54Qqa2oGkhMFqajWJo-2Fk2x1Jpy3VTzGXx4de6TSONfKfCUvlIm8GR67Ls-3D)–
an annual event founded in 1970 to demonstrate support for [environmental protection](https://greenlivingguy.com/2022/04/the-gloria-barron-prize-for-young-heroes-encourages-youth-to-save-the-planet/)–
had also created a succinct yet hard-hitting [video](https://u7061146.ct.sendgrid.net/ls/click?upn=4tNED-2FM8iDZJQyQ53jATUcffCm34HKH1w2tAxDv5nIYYiV8koOqxxMZI7L3ujQe1NCzj_INCA-2FPyIhC63I1FHQ-2FtwXKsMamN5mBOz6hLuWKtOi7lGFa34m3XTTCutzwz1Sll-2Bo95ORv6iMAl-2Fv519MKDYswT2VhCtfYB9WGRs-2BHX5jtEskbmSbPVJCyYG8iHSqg9AVGozz9SNzfdxnTHpBQn2sAsyCMbGpWYCIxMiPX0-2FxcmEd1fsWA8vAZRzq9PJhj3Uh9xkvlHVLtGgdYIESU-2FHGmnjkajWb1u-2FJPNzsWi8ApaXkXYBs04mxuffhAWLfYg2ruBqn2dP0zwTH2KKPJ3wBqnCG9Ly7nQr7NWqSAz4bGkv2olhngoIRjvmDU9-2FifA41Vn9ei-2FY7w1xNXKg8gVVLz8cRrcuVCzTyD3XWZkOCzs-3D)
for the Invest in Our Planet theme.

![invest in our planet for earth day. Earth day is everyday.](https://i0.wp.com/
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## Earth Day Call to Action: Invest in Our Planet

It [states](https://greenlivingguy.com/2014/01/companies-sustainability-report-a-clear-guide/)
that meeting the call to action would need policy changes, technology, and finance.
But, even those won’t be enough unless humanity commits to creating a planet where
[people](https://greenlivingguy.com/2016/04/earth-day-for-kids/), animals, and nature
flourish together.

The [Earth Day](https://greenlivingguy.com/2016/05/earth-day-peoples-climate-music-premieres-video-starring-rapper-common-hip-hop-caucus-ceo/)
video also highlights how reforesting hundreds of millions of hectares of land people
are degrading.  They can also be re-worked to absorb carbon.

But Cityzenith CEO Jansen told a recent international energy conference, the Future
Digital Twin 2022: Driving the momentum in Digital Twins, about a potential ‘shortcut’
to Net Zero or sustainable global carbon emissions:

Urban [Digital Twins](https://greenlivingguy.com/2022/04/how-digital-twins-can-help-cities-achieve-net-zero-by-2035/)
are the perfect tool for managing and accelerating the energy transition. Doing 
this in the top 100 cities could get us to [Net](https://greenlivingguy.com/2018/05/earthx-partners-with-sdg-media-zone-at-inaugural-un-ocean-conference/)
Zero globally by 2035. And the target is currently 2050.”

### SmartWorldOS

He explained that Cityzenith’s pioneering SmartWorldOS software platform integrates
with the myriad of building design and management software used across construction
and other industries to then target the biggest polluters: cities, which UN statistics
say [consume 78% of global energy and produce 60+% of greenhouse gas emissions](https://u7061146.ct.sendgrid.net/ls/click?upn=4tNED-2FM8iDZJQyQ53jATUfokgQWOFgm21Y-2BPhdCGG6u1YeWJCndZZVrDf3djduL6tw6E9WTfydKJSF5TIhImF8N1mGcGDCPANvNMjxVCRvU2lsrlfdId-2FyXo-2FHjTJN7HmZRuDS7CyyxQKdUgyswshn-2B8-2BZQzTfOh8nrVCvasRTYTz396nji1AtEajdLxGeAfod203ziBz-2Bo2cdh-2Bkz6nkW2NvuIVLrvclvsx7EInIAo-3DAq87_INCA-2FPyIhC63I1FHQ-2FtwXKsMamN5mBOz6hLuWKtOi7lGFa34m3XTTCutzwz1Sll-2Bo95ORv6iMAl-2Fv519MKDYswT2VhCtfYB9WGRs-2BHX5jtEskbmSbPVJCyYG8iHSqg9AVGozz9SNzfdxnTHpBQn2sAsyCMbGpWYCIxMiPX0-2FxcmEd1fsWA8vAZRzq9PJhj3Uh9xkvlHVLtGgdYIESU-2FHGlzewPHPg9ellaRilfl9YpRMkimefkOP0xy7zPKM3TITbNS8NY-2FfiXeNCZpcamefy5HLKU4gXD9blUebVs23UqSoNIdFCNOUaPhk2lASi8XNcKy3pEfl9Dn5uhnVWTdsgwTHrI1iGo6wdxiyf098c2Q-3D).

### Cityzenith

Cityzenith has responded to this challenge with its ‘Clean Cities – Clean Future’
initiative, deploying SmartWorldOS to reduce operating costs on [energy](https://greenlivingguy.com/2014/05/nbcuniversal-celebrated-earth-week-and-comcast-cares-day/)
and water in urban [buildings](https://greenlivingguy.com/2021/08/how-can-we-make-our-buildings-green/)
by 35%, boost productivity by 20%, and [cut emissions by 50-100%](https://u7061146.ct.sendgrid.net/ls/click?upn=4tNED-2FM8iDZJQyQ53jATUWJzk5RmDt5WKeCw5qqJv3o8-2FuDQqbEuu-2Fi2GqZ1AtHr00CfwN9PfFe-2F8l9ZSDFPVKXdRkN9-2BcACctlMH-2FrPErvrLuVqL8wRkljAm6xEfNnyXMg6-2F3Gt-2BnC4uBUvRJRMROq6a8FzNu5-2FqnDSCHRMe0PjXi5e3LcQC4JYx7vSxzlRnVN7_INCA-2FPyIhC63I1FHQ-2FtwXKsMamN5mBOz6hLuWKtOi7lGFa34m3XTTCutzwz1Sll-2Bo95ORv6iMAl-2Fv519MKDYswT2VhCtfYB9WGRs-2BHX5jtEskbmSbPVJCyYG8iHSqg9AVGozz9SNzfdxnTHpBQn2sAsyCMbGpWYCIxMiPX0-2FxcmEd1fsWA8vAZRzq9PJhj3Uh9xkvlHVLtGgdYIESU-2FHGvxSobght7Cc0t3HAcV3jYoOmpB-2Fqo7z-2B4DSupojG14KADSKjCUA6wg95JhlVnNhVerRGIM87y-2FNgQqAKlysqt54ckmnnTwusEEFPGUAnwFTdj37pzVFGA4wZ8rZ0g-2F1ejtGbewbS9YtYsWIAIhR4C0-3D).

High-profile Cityzenith partners include New York City, Las Vegas, Phoenix, and 
Los Angeles. That’s where the SmartWorldOS Urban Digital Twin platform will deploy.
Moreover, across single buildings, districts, entire cities, transportation infrastructures,
and [energy transition](https://greenlivingguy.com/2020/10/schneider-electric-and-ecodata-center-partner-for-climate-positivity/).
It expects to have [50-100 partner cities within two years](https://greenlivingguy.com/2016/04/earth-day-for-kids/),
with 300 by 2027.

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