C40 Events

The 2016 U.S.-China Climate-Smart/Low Carbon Cities Summit is jointly organized by the United States and China and aims to promote the implementation of the U.S.-China Joint Announcement on Climate Change made by President Obama and President Xi in 2014, as well as the Paris agreement made in 2015. The summit will expand and deepen the leadership of city and local leaders on climate change and address key low carbon development topics such as carbon trading, air quality improvement, non-motorized transportation, green finance and technology innovation.

Mayors of Chinese and American cities, including Boston, Wuhan and Shenzhen will come together to share ideas and best practices on tackling climate change.

 

News and Insights from the Summit

• New Technical Assistance Programme will help C40 cities measure, target, and ultimately reduce greenhouse gas emissions

• Chinese cities Wuhan and Shenzhen join C40's Technical Assistance Programme in effort to tackle climate change

• Boston Mayor Marty Walsh speaks on global challenge of climate change at U.S.-China Low-Carbon Cities Summit in Beijing

• Boston will host the 2017 U.S.-China Climate Leaders Summit. C40 Vice Chair and Mayor of Boston Marty Walsh and US Secretary of State John Kerry made the announcement during the evening plenary session at this year's summit in Beijing. Read the Boston Globe article.

• New Beijing project first in China to be accepted into C40's Climate Positive Development Programme