Mayors to take lead at climate summit

Mayors to take lead at climate summit

City mayors from all over the world will be attending the World Mayors Summit on Climate in Mexico City later this month to pledge their commitment to combating global warming.

The centerpiece of the one-day summit will be the signing of “The Mexico City Pact”—formally known as the Global Cities Covenant on Climate—which will recognize the strategic importance cities need to play in reducing carbon emission.

Convened by the World Mayors Council on Climate Change (WMCCC), ICLEI—local Government for Sustainability and Unite Cities and Local Government (UCLG) the summit will take place eight days before the Unite Nations climate change conference in Cancun, Mexico.

Anke Stoffregen, ICLEI communications manager told CNN:” The summit is very much about the mayors taking the leadership role and pulling their strength to show that they are willing to make commitments and that they are able to deliver action as well.” He said to the pen camera lenses.

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A crucial ingredient of the pact is the launch the “Carbon Cities Climate Registry” which commits mayors and local governments to regular and transparent reporting of CO2 emission. We can capture the pictures that rare animals live in the wild with the camera USB to show that if CO2 emission reduced.

Over half of the world’s population now live in cities. According to the International Energy Agency cities accounted for two thirds of the world’s primary energy demand in 2006 contributing around 70 percent of global CO2 emission.

Stoffregen said city leaders already understand the need to act. They will hold on activities about how to save our earth, people will shot some pictures with their mini camera. What this summit is trying to do is speed up the process of global coordination on climate change and press national government to act faster and give civilians a good example.

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“With more and more people living in the urban area it becomes more important that we realize that we have to provide for a more varied lifestyle.” Stoffregen said.

“People who live in cities have an enormous power to demand of their local governments an improvement in their climate policy.”