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Launch of New Series of Scientific Reports to Inform & Increase Urban Climate Action

Sharm El-Sheikh (November 11, 2022) – Today, the Summary for Urban Policymakers (SUP) launched a three-volume series of scientific reports to distill the most relevant climate science for urban actors from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change’s (IPCC) Sixth Assessment Reports (AR6). As a result of a year-long process of co-creation, the SUP reports capture the … read more

The Global Covenant of Mayors for Climate & Energy at COP27
Join the Global Covenant of Mayors for Climate and Energy (GCoM) at COP27 in Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt. Follow us and our partners along for a lineup of events throughout the two weeks, focused on city climate action. Below is a list of all the events that are organized or co-organized by GCoM that you can … read more

Episode 2 of the City Climate Innovation: Special episodes of the ClimateTalks Podcast
In the second episode of the City Climate Innovation: Special episodes of the ClimateTalks Podcast ‘Networked and Innovative Cities’, special guests Maryke van Staden, Director of Business Development, the carbonn Climate Center, and Interim Head of Climate Action at ICLEI World Secretariat, Jean-Baptiste Buffet, Head of Global Policy and Advocacy at United Cities and Local … read more

40 cities across the world supported by GCoM to develop climate action plans
On October 11, 2022 in Abidjan, Ivory Coast, the Global Covenant of Mayors for Climate and Energy (GCoM) launched its new technical support service, created to rapidly develop climate, resilience and energy access plans in 40 cities across the world where such plans have not already been developed, building on the support that the GCoM … read more

GCoM welcomes you at the European Sustainable Energy Week 26-30 September 2022

The 2022 European Sustainable Energy Week theme is ‘Going Green and Digital for Europe’s Energy Transition’, with speakers and participants in Brussels and online. What is the European Sustainable Energy Week (EUSEW)? Organised by the European Commission and the European Climate Infrastructure and Environment Executive Agency (CINEA), the European Sustainable Energy Week (EUSEW) is the … read more

Tens of Thousands Cities, One Voice for Urban Net-Zero Transition
With one voice, the world’s cities and local governments underscored their role as an effective driving force in implementing the Paris Agreement and called for stronger collaboration between levels of governments, private sectors, academia, and local leaders to support the urban net-zero transition. Recognising critical knowledge, innovation, funding and support gaps that hold back urban … read more

Mission Innovation Urban Transitions Mission Brings Together First Cohort of Cities to Spur Global Green Transition
Today at the Global Clean Energy Action Forum, the Global Covenant of Mayors (GCoM) together with the European Commission (DG RTD) and the Joint Programming Initiative Urban Europe (JPI UE) called upon Mission Innovation member countries to recognize the importance of multi-level collaboration and help spearhead the selection of 50 cities for the Urban Transitions … read more
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