At the Climate Summit 2014, world Mayors marched the streets of New York and unveiled new initiatives that will catalyze climate action globally. These initiatives – including the historic Compact of Mayors – show the solidarity, leadership and commitment of cities to fight climate change at full speed. “The Climate Summit 2014 marks a new peak
The Compact of Mayors is a groundbreaking effort to consolidate existing voluntary commitments that cities have made in advance of expectations around national level contributions to a global climate agreement. Cities around the world are already making important commitments to reduce GHG emissions and are collaboratively working to reach their goals. The key elements of the Compact of Mayors are: 1. Agreement
United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and UN Special Envoy for Cities and Climate Change Michael R. Bloomberg today announced the launch of a global Compact of Mayors, the world’s largest effort for cities to fight climate change. The Compact will enable cities to publically commit to deep GHG emissions reductions; make existing targets and plans
Park Won-Soon, mayor of Seoul (S. Korea), Anne Hidalgo, mayor of Paris (France), and Eduardo Paes, mayor of Rio de Janeiro (Brazil) signed this joint op-ed, contributing to the discussion regarding the increasingly important role of cities in fighting climate change. The original version of the op-ed was published on the Huffington Post and can
Two days before the Summit, more than 400,000 people marched the streets of New York to call for urgent and transformative action on climate change, making it the biggest environmental march of all time. ICLEI and its delegation of Mayors were there, marching under the banner “People’s Climate, Mayors Commit,” to show a deep commitment to protecting people’s climate. Mayors George
On 21 September thousands and thousands of people will flood New York and other cities all around the world, calling on world leaders for climate action. It looks like the People’s Climate March will be the largest and most diverse mobilization for climate action in history. Also ICLEI will be there, with a delegation of Mayors, to show
World leaders are gathering in New York next week to attend the Climate Summit 2014. Convened by UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon, the Summit aims to mobilize political will and galvanize climate action. Among its eight key action areas are cities – a clear indication of the crucial role we have in fighting climate change.
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