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your calendars! The C40 World Mayors Summit will
be held in Copenhagen on October
9th-12th!
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In
March, more than one million young people
participated in thousands of climate strikes all
around the world. The next
global day of action is May
24th – learn how
to get involved
at fridaysforfuture.org | |
These young climate
strikers know that the climate crisis requires
urgent and immediate action at a global scale.
C40 cities around the globe recognize this
urgency – many are already feeling the impact of
climate change. Our mayors are taking action and
have adopted ambitious climate action plans in
line with the Paris Agreement, but there is more
for all of us to do.
NEW BLOG
POST
"Listening to Greta, who
has been alive for almost exactly one third of
my lifetime, it is notable that she has a very
different sense of the twenty-first century to
the adult world in which I exist..." Read
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UPDATES
&
ANNOUNCEMENTS 🗽 New York City's
buildings are going
green
NYC is taking action
& delivering on C40's Net
Zero Carbon Buildings
Declaration. By 2030, buildings
over 25,000 square feet will cut emissions by
40% and 80% by 2050. Read the city's press
release
to learn
more.
🎉 The mayors of Nanjing,
Chengdu, and Qingdao committed to delivering
their share of the Paris
Agreement
Earlier this month they
became the first Chinese cities to join a
coalition of over 70 C40 cities from across the
globe committed to bold climate
action. Read
the press release.
🙌 20 Danish
municipalities now have the opportunity to
update or develop ambitious climate action plans
with the help of C40
Supported by
Realdania, project
DK2020 is designed to
boost the implementation of the Paris Agreement
in Denmark. Read
the press
release.
✍️ NEW BLOG: Urban 20
cities met in Milan to prepare for the U20
Summit in Tokyo
Last month, Milan
welcomed 50 participants for the Urban 20 (U20)
Sherpa meeting including over 30 city
representatives from cities located in G20
countries. Read
more.
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London's Ultra-Low Emission Zone is in
effect
London has decisively
ruled that fossil-fuel-powered vehicles are no
longer free to travel through the city centre,
poisoning the air with their toxic emissions.
Read
more in a blog post from Mark Watts,
Executive Director of C40
Cities. | |
The time
to act is now.
Find
out how C40 cities are advancing high-ambition
climate action through 2050 plans, best
practices, and new tools in the Deadline 2020
Newsletter.
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Last
week, Mayor Eric Garcetti took our Instagram
followers on a tour of Los Angeles.
Check
it
out! | |
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