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James Anderson

@JamesAnderson

Lead for Bloomberg Philanthropies' public sector innovation programs | dad of twins | swimmer | New School economics | Brooklyn | 🏳️‍🌈

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's been awarded $50,000 for youth-led climate initiatives, potentially rising to $150,000

Bloomberg Philanthropies’s new Youth Climate Action Fund brings together 100 cities on 6 continents

We're one of only two UK cities selected, after going to : bloomberg.org/3JbjVrV

#Bristol's been awarded $50,000 for youth-led climate initiatives, potentially rising to $150,000 @BloombergDotOrg’s new Youth Climate Action Fund brings together 100 cities on 6 continents We're one of only two UK cities selected, after going to #COP28: bloomberg.org/3JbjVrV
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Our Youth Climate Action Fund will provide a springboard for 100 mayors to work with young people to design, produce, and govern local climate solutions – harnessing the hope, determination, and perspectives of youth in cities around the world. bloombg.org/3JbjVrV

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It's a story we see play out time and again: ambitious policy...hamstrung delivery.

The take away isn't that government sucks.
It's that we haven't equipped our governments with the capacities they need. theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/…

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When Montevideo ran out of water, data provided a lifeline | Bloomberg Cities bloombergcities.jhu.edu/news/when-mont…

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The new ‘polite’ at my train stop in Brooklyn is to open the emergency gate fare for anyone even possibly interested in skipping the fare.

Bring in the behavioral scientists, MTA.

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We're looking for local government leadership...yet we know many are ill equipped to dream and deliver bigger than ever before.

Very excited for this partnership with UCL Institute for Innovation and Public Purpose and new work to measure & build critical skills in municipalities globally. ⬇️

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I was Mayor Mike Bloomberg’s comms director back in 2007 when he first called for .

It’s been a New York minute—roughly 17 years—but its amazing to see NYC on the precipice of doing something big and hard and good.
nytimes.com/2024/03/27/nyr……

I was Mayor @MikeBloomberg’s comms director back in 2007 when he first called for #congestionpricing. It’s been a New York minute—roughly 17 years—but its amazing to see NYC on the precipice of doing something big and hard and good. nytimes.com/2024/03/27/nyr…… #TimeToLead
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We're looking for innovation directors, civic designers, data specialists and more to help 25 cities reach for the ✨✨✨ on climate & racial wealth equity.

Check out the open roles in Buffalo! Memphis! Oakland! Phila! St Louis! and more 👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼

publicinnovation.jhu.edu/about/career-o…

We're looking for innovation directors, civic designers, data specialists and more to help 25 cities reach for the ✨✨✨ on climate & racial wealth equity. Check out the open roles in Buffalo! Memphis! Oakland! Phila! St Louis! and more 👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼 publicinnovation.jhu.edu/about/career-o…
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This kind of city ambition should make us all a little uncomfortable with the incrementalism that too often passes for good enough in cities.

Big gains require mayors, like Adanech Abiebie, who organize around bold ideas, evidence, talent, and delivery. bloombergcities.jhu.edu/news/addis-aba…

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Proud to support City of Rochester MN in testing innovative ways to expand opportunity for women of color in the high paying, fast growing construction sector.

If one city can figure this out, many, many others will follow.

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25 cities brought us their biggest ideas to proactively build resilient communities.

We're supporting them with innovation teams, policy support, and help tapping federal $$ to reach for the stars, with & for community. Let's go PolicyLink, NRDC 🌎🏡, Delivery Associates, The Bloomberg Center for Public Innovation at JHU!

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'If we can reconnect communities, we can begin to unite a nation.' - Mayor Andy Schor

Bloomberg Philanthropies's Local Hub partnership is helping mayors like these bring critical fed $$ home. freep.com/story/opinion/…

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Residents hold mayors responsible for all the problems they see, even when they fall beyond a city line.

Sometimes that means a little governance innovation is in order. Nice work Mayor Bass.

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Redefining storm water as an asset, rather than a liability, enabled to capture 8.6 billion gallons in February—enough to provide water to 106,000 households for a year.

That’s what city innovation is all about.

wired.com/story/los-ange…

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This is how we get the skeptical to think anew about government.

ROCKfolio! Brilliant & clever work from Little Rock's Mayor Frank Scott, Jr. and the data team lead by Marquis Willis.

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Enjoyed speaking with the KyivPost about our new work with Ukraine's capital city, Kyiv. Our team at Bloomberg Philanthropies helps mayors innovate & respond to their biggest challenges with the belief that when cities win, the world wins: kyivpost.com/post/28797
Go КМДА! 💪

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Pleased to support your team and city, Mayor Віталій Кличко.

Public innovation improves lives. And in wartime, it save lives. When city leaders recognize that they can't take innovation for granted, Bloomberg Philanthropies is all in.

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Київ став 58 містом, яких обʼєднає програма Bloomberg Philanthropies i-команд у дев'яти країнах та чотирьох континентах, що представляє понад 55 мільйонів жителів.

Київ став 58 містом, яких обʼєднає програма Bloomberg Philanthropies i-команд у дев'яти країнах та чотирьох континентах, що представляє понад 55 мільйонів жителів.
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