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Now available: Global Research and Action Agenda on Cities and Climate Change Science
The Global Research and Action Agenda on Cities and Climate Change Science is now published, in time for the 2019 Climate Action Summit. It is the primary outcome of the Cities and Climate Science...
October 11, 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
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
The science is clear: we need to act now … and cities are our opportunity to get this right.
The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change’s (IPCC) Special Report on Global Warming of 1.5°C left no question about the future: at the current rate of warming of 0.2°C per decade,...
December 11, 2018
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
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
Mayor Jaiman Upadhyay, Rajkot, India, on Integrated Planning and Scientific Data
The next few years will be critical to determine how effectively we will rise to the challenge of protecting our cities, and therefore our planet. But this work can’t be...
June 1, 2018
Interview with Mayor Rodas, Quito, Ecuador, on Urban Finance
Cities such as Quito have already proven to be central to the fight against climate change, as local governments across the world are increasingly mandating the construction of zero-emission and...
April 27, 2018
Christiana Figueres on Green Finance
To bend the curve of emission by 2020, we – individuals, companies, investors, and local and regional governments – can and must all raise our ambition in tandem with our...
April 27, 2018
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