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Cities May Be Our Greatest Hope in the Face of Climate Change and the Pandemic
BY ANNE HIDALGO AND WILLIAM PEDUTO Anne Hidalgo is the mayor of Paris, France and a board member of the Global Covenant of Mayors for Climate & Energy, the world’s...
February 19, 2021
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
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
Pittsburgh mayor: Europe should be proud of its climate action
By Aline Robert In an interview with EURACTIV France, Bill Peduto speaks about Europe’s good track record on climate protection, despite the decision by US President Donald Trump to withdraw from the...
July 1, 2019
Alex Boston and Gregor Robertson: Cities and states can tackle the climate crisis together—here’s how
By Alex Boston and Gregor Robertson A climate crisis is upon us and cities are stepping up to tackle it—but they can’t do it without support at state, provincial, and...
June 3, 2019
Africa calls for climate justice as green wave sweeps Europe
By Christina Okello “The challenge of climate change is enormous,” says Mohamed Adjei Sowah, the Mayor of Ghana’s capital Accra. Its effects, notably severe flooding and heavy rains, have already devastated the west...
May 28, 2019
EU Confidential Goes Green episode 92, presented by Bayer: Stockholm Mayor Anna König Jerlmyr — Amanda Eichel of the Global Covenant of Mayors — Weber’s green gap
By Ryan Heath Between March and September, EU Confidential will zoom in on climate and sustainability at least once a month under the label “EU Confidential Goes Green.” With the...
March 28, 2019
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