Cities hope new emissions push will spur climate ambition
(VOVWORLD) - Mayors from 25 cities around the world, representing 150 million citizens, pledged on Sunday to cut carbon emissions, while boosting efforts to become more resilient to extreme weather and other pressures linked to climate change.
At a meeting of regional and local leaders on the sidelines of the 23rd UN Climate Change Conference in Bonn, Germany, the mayors pledged to put in place by 2020 their new, ambitious climate action plans. The plans will encourage the world’s biggest cities to reduce carbon emissions in the next decade, aiming to reach net zero by 2050.