3 June 2020 The COVID-19 pandemic has upended the world as we know it. Through it all, mayors and local officials are on the frontlines, making difficult decisions to fulfill their responsibilities to protect and provide for their communities, while looking to safeguard their cities for the future. The Global Covenant of Mayors (GCoM), representing … read more
How should engineers contribute to the urgent need for action on climate change, and the need for more resilience? A powerful and committed group of founding organisations is driving a newly-formed global Coalition to take immediate action and is asking all those working across the infrastructure life-cycle to get involved. The International Coalition for Sustainable … read more
EIB Africa Day is a well-established conference that attracts high-level participants across many sectors. It offers an effective and progressive platform for discussion among professionals based in Africa and Europe alike. Past topics have included the importance of private sector development, jobs for young people, and the role of digitalisation and smart technologies. Africa Day … read more
October 24, 2019 – Three new cities in Korea committed to the Global Covenant of Mayors for Climate & Energy (GCoM) on Thursday. Gwangmyeong City, Dobong-gu, Gangdong-gu were welcomed by current GCoM signatories of Seoul, Dangjin, Ansan in their commitment to implement the Paris Agreement during a signing ceremony that took place at the Seoul … read more
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 Conference that was held in March 2018 in Edmonton, Canada, and was reported to the 48th IPCC Plenary session in October 2018 in Incheon, Korea. The Agenda showcases … read more
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 publicly available information about emissions Google will initially offer the tool to Birmingham, Manchester, Wolverhampton and Coventry, Dublin and Copenhagen. It plans to add more … read more
