Tag: Climate Change

The mission of C40 is to spot world-leading best practice in climate action by individual cities and use it to inspire others. Many of these best practices begin as ideas in a city’s climate action plan, and Oslo's Climate and Energy Strategy is one of most impressive examples in the world, says C40 Executive Director Mark Watts. 

Scenario planning and modelling tools, which help cities explore the future in different ways are a powerful way of supporting the decisions we make about our cities. Building a better understanding of how cities could change in the future, and being able to quickly and easily explore the impact of different policy and technology choices is essential if cities are to play a leading role in helping to meet the objectives of the Paris Agreement. 

Recent events from the immense damage that hurricanes Maria, Harvey and Irma have wreaked on Puerto Rico, Houston, Miami and the Caribbean, or the monsoon floods that have forced millions from their homes in India and Bangladesh, illustrate that climate change does not respect whether we are ready or not. Our planet’s climate has changed and its impact will be felt by every one of us and for generations to come.

The decision by US President Trump to withdraw from the Paris Climate Agreement could have been disastrous, but the overwhelming response it has triggered may well reinvigorate the drive for climate action, says C40 Executive Director Mark Watts.