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The Global Covenant of Mayors for Climate and Energy moves forward in Korea with three new signatories
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...
October 24, 2019
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
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.
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
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