https://theprogressnetwork.org/cities-climate-progress/
"Much of the time when we talk about climate change, we talk in vast
geographical terms: global, continental, national. We less frequently focus on
cities, and even less so on localities.
And yet, cities are home to over half of the world’s people and produce
three-quarters of global emissions. Even when federal policy is substandard or
national progress sluggish, cities can chart their own paths to net-zero.
That is exactly the work of the Global Covenant of Mayors for Climate & Energy
(GCoM), which was established the year after the Paris agreement was signed in
2015. It encompasses 13,700 cities and local governments, together representing
1.2 billion people. The initiative, supported by Bloomberg Philanthropies,
helps cities commit to climate goals, act on them, and report transparently—and
sometimes move faster and aim higher than their national governments.
This is the case, for instance, for a partner of GCoM, called C40, that brings
together 97 of the world’s largest megacities. Three quarters of C40 cities are
cutting their per capita emissions more quickly than their national
counterparts. Across all C40 cities, on average, per capita emissions fell 7.5
percent between 2015 and 2024.
A recently released report from GCoM is stuffed with examples of what cities
around the world are doing to cut emissions and mitigate climate-related
damage. Here are a few."
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
