Tag: 10 Years of Results

London’s government is very proud of the role it played in the founding of C40, and how we have helped shape its development over the last decade. Just as we are proud of being the first city to build a GHG inventory, develop a climate change adaptation strategy, introduce a carbon based metric for waste management activity and, more recently, develop a method of measuring our scope 3 emissions.

A decade ago, C40 began as a gathering – organized by then-Mayor of London Ken Livingstone – of just 18 of the world’s largest cities hoping to cut global carbon emissions by sharing great ideas and working together.

Last century was marked by unprecedented growth accompanied by unprecedented urbanization. Knowing now that much of this growth was enabled by enterprise that increases greenhouse gas emissions, this century’s challenge focuses on how to grow using a new model of development. As home to more than half of the world’s 7 billion people and one of the largest sources of emissions, cities are well situated to reshape social and economic growth and usher in an era of climate-safe, sustainable development.

Here at C40, we’re proud to have nearly 24,000 of you following C40 Cities on Twitter, where we post the most important news about cities, climate change, and – this year – the road to COP21 in Paris at the end of the year. 

World Resources Institute President & CEO Andrew Steer congratulates C40 on 10 years of results. World Resources Institute has been a knowledge partner with C40 for many years. Notably, the two organisations worked together to help establish the Global Protocol for Community-Scale greenhouse Gas Emission Inventories (GPC), the gold standard for emissions measurement used in the Compact of Mayors. C40 and World Resources Institute look forward to continuing their work together to further city climate action on the Road to Paris and beyond.