Large Cities Climate Leadership Group

The Large Cities Climate Leadership Group, also known as the C40 Cities (and originally as the C20 Cities) is a group of cities committed to the reduction of urban carbon emissions and adapting to climate change. It believes it has an important role to play as cities contain around 50% of the world's population, consume 75% of the world's energy, and produce 80% per cent of its greenhouse gas emissions. [ [http://www.c40cities.org/climatechange.jsp Cities and climate change] , "C40 Cities", published 2007, accessed 2007-05-15]

The group was founded following a meeting of delegations from over 20 cities at the October 2005 World Cities Leadership Climate Change Summit, organised by the Mayor of London, and the Group's secretariat is based in London.

On August 1, 2006 the Group signed a memorandum of understanding with the William J. Clinton Foundation's Climate Initiative [ [http://www.london.gov.uk/view_press_release.jsp?releaseid=8786 Former President Clinton launches climate change initiative] , "Mayor of London", published 2006-08-02, accessed 2007-05-15] , under which Clinton Foundation will provide technical and communications support.

The Large Cities Climate Leadership Group held their first summit in 2005 and the second summit in 2007 in London and New York respectively. [ [http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070514/lf_afp/environmentussummit_070514200017 World's mayors hold climate change summit] , "Yahoo News", published 2007-05-15, accessed 2007-05-15] At the 2nd summit 13 new cities joined the group. [ [http://www.nycclimatesummit.com/who.html Who's Coming] , "New York City Climate Summit", published 2007, accessed 2007-05-15] The third summit will be held from May 18 to 21, 2009 in Seoul.

Membership

Affiliate cities

ee also

*ICLEI - Local Governments for Sustainability
*Climate change
*Global warming
*Mitigation of global warming
*Adaptation to global warming
*Energy conservation
*Renewable energy
*London Climate Change Agency
*World energy resources and consumption

External links

* [http://www.c40cities.org/ C40 cities official web site]
* [http://www.london.gov.uk/mayor/environment/climate-summit/documents.jsp 1st World Cities Leadership Climate Change Summit, London, 2005]
* [http://www.nycclimatesummit.com/ 2nd World Large Cities Climate Summit, New York, 2007]
* [http://www.c40seoulsummit.com/ 3rd Large Cities Climate Summit, Seoul, 2009]
* [http://www.mikebloomberg.com/en/issues/environment_sustainability/mayor_michael_bloomberg_delivers_keynote_address_at_the_c40_large_cities_climate_summit/ New York City Mayor, Michael Bloomberg's 2007 Keynote Address.]
* Kirsten Engel and Barak Orbach, [http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1014749 Micro-Motives for State and Local Climate Change Initiatives] , Harvard Law & Policy Review, Vol. 2, pp. 119-137, 2008

In the media

*October 4, 2005, "BBC", [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/4306178.stm Cities swap expertise on combating climate change]

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