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Google offers tool for cities to measure emissions
A tool Google offered in the US to help cities measure pollution and emissions levels is now available in Europe. It compiles transport and building data from Google Maps with...
October 10, 2019
Mayor Sowah, Accra, Ghana Interviewed on VOA Africa regarding climate change in Accra
VOA’s Linord Moudou interviews the Mayor of Accra, Ghana, Mohammed Adjei Sowah to discuss how climate change is dealt with in Accra Video Health Report: Climate Change in Accra, Ghana...
October 8, 2019
Canada Accelerates its Climate Action with Data
In 2015 under the COP21 Paris Climate Accord, Canada committed to reducing its greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by 30% below 2005 baseline levels by 2030. Cities across Canada are rising...
October 8, 2019
How to Finance the Green Transition
Opinion Piece by Warner Hoyer In addition to reaffirming their commitment to reducing greenhouse-gas emissions, world leaders who gathered for the UN Climate Action Summit this week also discussed how...
September 24, 2019
Greening Our Cities
Opinion Piece by Emma Navarro and Nanda Jichkar Cities are the world’s leading source of both economic growth and greenhouse-gas emissions, and those contributions will continue to grow as more...
September 24, 2019
FACTBOX-12 global initiatives to beat back climate threats
BARCELONA, Sept 23 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Close to 30 global initiatives to ramp up action on climate change were unveiled or expanded at the U.N. Climate Action Summit in...
September 23, 2019
This is what cities need to do by 2050 to meet climate goals
By 2050, most people will live in cities. A new report lays out the ways to keep their emissions in check. BY ALEJANDRA BORUNDA By 2050, about 70 percent of the world’s...
September 19, 2019
Meet Climate Action’s New Superalliance – How these mayors and ministers from around the world are fast-tracking energy tech to tackle the climate emergency.
The IPCC’s 2018 Special Report warns of dramatic consequences by 2040 if global warming reaches 1.5°C. In response, citizens have made their voices louder than ever, and national governments in...
September 5, 2019
Steering Committee of CoM Japan inaugurated on August 8th 2019
Tokyo, Japan. On the 8th of August, the Steering Committee of the “Covenant of Mayors Japan” had its formal debut. The Steering Committee is composed of ten members, including several...
August 28, 2019
UNFCCC LAC Climate Week – Thematic Block: 1.2 Infrastructure, Cities and Local Action (Urban Areas and Informal Settlements), Wednesday 21 August
This thematic block will look at the leading and vertically integrated role that National Governments, Cities and Sub-national governments can play in forging pathways to low-carbon & resilient urban settlements....
August 19, 2019
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