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Mayor Rodas on the role of cities and multilevel integration in limiting global warming by 1.5 °C
The battle against climate change can only be won with cities. But, cities cannot do it alone. They are often limited by a lack of access to the resources required...
November 19, 2018
Cities Take the Stage at the Global Climate Action Summit
Climate action has taken on a new urgency, and people across the world and across sectors are ready to “Take Ambition to the Next Level.” This was especially clear at...
October 11, 2018
Innovate4Cities Press Release
The Global Covenant of Mayors for Climate & Energy Introduces Innovate4Cities: A Cities-Driven Research and Innovation Agenda and Partnership with Google to Empower Cities Tackling Climate Change Innovate4Cities defines and...
September 26, 2018
Cities & Finance Combine To Strengthen Climate Change Investment In Africa, Asia, & Latin America
By Joshua S Hill A new pilot initiative, the Global Climate City Challenge, will seek to address technical preparation and financing for cities across the world to strengthen investment in...
September 25, 2018
Global Covenant of Mayors unveils new data framework for 2019
By Jack Aldane The Global Covenant of Mayors for Climate and Energy (GCoM) will release a new framework for reporting urban greenhouse gas emissions in cities in 2019. Amanda Eichel, Executive Director...
September 17, 2018
California leads subnational efforts to curb climate change
Local authorities and companies are crucial if global carbon-emissions targets are to be met SUPPOSE Britain’s prime minister ordered civil servants to make the world’s fifth-biggest economy fully carbon-neutral by...
September 15, 2018
Global Covenant of Mayors agree emissions cuts equal to removing all US cars off the road
Connecting small and mid-size cities with vital GHG emissions data is the first step in enabling them to take the science-based climate action needed to increase urban resilience and improve...
September 12, 2018
A new use for Google Maps: calculating a city’s carbon footprint
The Environmental Insights Explorer calculates emissions from buildings, car trips, and public transport to illustrate how a city’s sustainability efforts are faring. BY ADELE PETERS Looking at a city’s Google Maps...
September 10, 2018
Mayor Mohamed Sefiani on Intermediary Cities: Crucial for Climate Action
Intermediary cities play a unique and crucial role in the fight against climate change. These cities account for 30 percent of the world’s urban population, a figure estimated to rise...
August 21, 2018
‘The future we don’t want is already happening’ – climate change expert
By Melanie Gosling, Correspondent The future we don’t want is already happening with more intense droughts, floods, heat waves, blackouts, food shortages and sea levels gradually rising. It may sound...
June 20, 2018
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