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C40 climate summit a huge success. Seoul to host next meeting

May 17, 2007

On the final day of the C40 Large Cities leadership summit the Mayor of London, Ken Livingstone, Chair of the C40 called on national government to empower and enable cities to tackle climate change in a joint communiqué agreed by all attending cities.

The Mayor also announced that the city of Seoul was chosen by all the 40 cities as the next city to host the C40 summit within the next 2 years. Before the next summit, specific conferences will be hosted on key issues. The city of Los Angeles will host a workshop on tackling carbon from ground based airport emissions. Rotterdam will host a conference and develop an information exchange on reducing emissions from ports and ships. London will host a workshop on tackling traffic congestion.

Mayor of London and Chair of the C40 Ken Livingstone said: ‘This summit has been a fantastic success with a real sense of purpose. The biggest cities from all over the world have come together to share ideas and learn from each other. It has been a tremendously positive and galvanising experience.

'Today we state clearly that major cities are ready to take up the lead in tackling climate change. They are all ready, willing and able to implement radical emission reduction programmes. And following the announcement yesterday by C40 Mayors and President Clinton, we now have a major new tool with which to achieve this. I am pleased to stand here with Mayor Oh Se-hoon, the Mayor of Seoul, to announce that the next summit of the C40 cities will be in the city of Seoul.’

Notes to Editors

1. On the final day of the C40 Large Cities Climate Summit the Mayor, Chair of the C40, has called on national government to empower and enable cities to tackle climate change in a joint communiqué agreed by all attending cities. Copies of the communiqué which will be sent to the G8 summit at Heiligendamm in Germany can be found at www.c40cities.org