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The Multilevel Climate Action Playbook Second Edition

The Multilevel Climate Action Playbook Second Edition is a follow-up to the Multilevel Climate Action Playbook for Local and Regional Governments published in November 2021, which recommended key elements of an enabling environment that can weave climate ambition and action of local and regional governments into Party policy developments. This second edition of the Playbook … read more

CITIES JOIN URBAN TRANSITIONS MISSION TO PIONEER THE PATHWAY TO NET-ZERO

48 cities from 24 countries announced at COP27 will progressively engage with the Urban Transitions Mission beginning in 2023 SHARM EL-SHEIKH, EGYPT (14 November 2022) — Today at the 27th Conference of the Parties (COP27) to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), the Global Covenant of Mayors for Climate & Energy (GCoM) together … read more

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
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