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Mayors and Unions pledge to make COP26 Launchpad for Decade of Climate Action, delivering Jobs, Skills, Investments, Social Equity and to Tackle Inequality

With 100 days until COP26 in Glasgow, cities and unions pledge to tackle climate change and inequality together. Mayors vow to recruit 1,000 Cities to ‘Race to Zero’ coalition to keep global heating below 1.5°C.

Mayor of Barcelona Elected to C40 Cities Steering Committee

Ada Colau, Mayor of Barcelona, Spain has been elected as Vice Chair of the C40 Steering Committee, the governing body providing strategic direction for the global network of 97 cities committed to addressing the climate crisis.

New report: 15 actions for cities to confront climate crisis and build resilience

As cities around the world face a growing climate crisis, C40 Cities Climate Leadership Group and McKinsey Sustainability today released a new report designed to help city leaders build plans to reduce risk and increase resilience to the impacts of climate change.

Green New Deals in Action: Nine cities commit to simultaneously tackle inequality, social justice and climate change

Accra, Barcelona, Cape Town, Durban, Ekurhuleni, Johannesburg, Tshwane, Los Angeles and Warsaw finding new approaches to deliver local climate action by addressing the needs of their most impacted and excluded populations and engaging them in decision making.

31 Mayors Introduce Even More Trees, Parks and Green Space in Cities to Save Lives and Tackle the Climate Crisis

31 of the world’s great cities will be significantly greener in the years ahead, as leading mayors have committed to further expand, restore and protect urban parks, trees, gardens, ponds, and lakes within their cities. These investments in nature will speed up existing efforts to make communities healthier, improve air quality and help protect cities from the increasingly severe impacts of the climate crisis, such as extreme heat, flooding and drought. 

Statement from C40 Cities on the death of Councillor Geoff Makhubo, Executive Mayor of Johannesburg

Mayors to EU: Make the Fit for 55 package Fit for Cities. European Mayors Call for Climate Action that is Ambitious, Collaborative and Just

Open Letter to EU leaders signed by 10 mayors, including Athens, Barcelona, Budapest, Heidelberg, Milan, Rome, Rotterdam and Stockholm.

20 Danish municipalities now have world-leading climate action plans

20 Danish municipalities have now developed plans to slash their greenhouse gas emissions up to 70% by 2030 and reach net zero emissions by 2050. Using tools developed with and used by megacities around the world, Danish mayors are setting the global standard for what bold climate leadership looks like. 

Global Mayors Unite to Lead Task Force on Climate and Migration

A new Global Mayors Task Force on Climate and Migration launched today to address the impact of the climate crisis on migration in cities.

28 Cities Urge G20 to Invest in Green and Just Recovery, Vaccine Equity, Climate Action, and Divest from Fossil Fuels Ahead of G20 Summit in Italy and COP26.

Urban 20 calls upon G20 nations to foster greater collaboration with cities and local governments to accelerate solutions to the climate crisis, COVID-19, and the economic and social recovery