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A sustainable diet by 2030 is key to solving the climate emergency

Food is one of the biggest sources of consumption-based emissions in the world’s biggest cities. Action could cut greenhouse gas emissions from the food we eat by more than 60%, prevent 170 thousand deaths and $600 billion per year.

New Research Shows How Urban Consumption Drives Global Emissions

New ways of measuring the climate footprint of urban areas to include consumption – what urban business and citizens use, eat, and wear, and how these things are made and transported – show that actors in global cities have a greater influence over global emissions than we previously thought. 

Reinventing Cities

Today, C40 Cities announced 15 winners of its Reinventing Cities competition, an initiative launched in December 2017 for local innovators to transform underutilized urban spaces in their communities into carbon neutral and resilient urban projects.

Urban 20 Group of Cities meet in Tokyo and urge G20 to act urgently on Climate Change, Social Inclusion and Sustainable Economic Growth

Mayors and Governors of U20 cities, including Tokyo, Berlin, Jakarta, Rome and Osaka will present the Urban 20 Communiqué to Prime Minister Shinzo Abe ahead of G20 Summit in Japan

210 European Mayors Demand EU Emissions Peak by 2020, Halve by 2030 and Reach Net-Zero by 2050

Mayors call on European Council and Member States to commit to long-term climate strategy and binding, ambitious emission reduction targets.

Lord Mayor of Sydney launches mentorship program to empower next generation of women climate leaders

Lord Mayor Clover Moore today announced Sydney will launch a new mentoring scheme to support the next generation of women climate leaders. 

Chinese Cities Commit to the Paris Agreement

Danish Municipalities Invited to Take Lead in Climate Action

20 Danish municipalities now have the opportunity to update or develop ambitious climate action plans with the help of the world's leading cities network – C40. Supported by Realdania, the project DK2020, is designed to boost the implementation of the Paris Agreement in Denmark sharing best practices and resources between cities and municipalities.

Mayors Support Call for Urgent Climate Action by FridaysForFuture Protestors

Mayors of Paris, Milan, Sydney, Austin, Philadelphia, Portland, Oslo, Barcelona & Montreal invite leaders of student climate protests to work with them to ramp up climate action

Mayors of Sydney, Lisbon, Quito, Montreal and Paris launch mentorship schemes for next generation of women climate leaders

Women4Climate mentorship scheme will support hundreds of young women leaders to deliver urgent climate action in cities around the world