“Science has not changed. The urgency hasn`t changed,” said Boston Mayor and C40 Vice President Martin J. Walsh of Boston. As mayors of cities on the front lines of climate change, we still have a responsibility to advance solutions – more today than in the past. The bipartisan delegation will participate in the congressional hearing on Tuesday, April 2, 11:00 a.m. and part and Washington, D.C. – A bipartisan delegation of mayors who hold senior leadership positions at the U.S. Conference of Mayors (USCM) will testify ahead of the release of the U.S. Mayors` Report on a Decade of Climate Leadership in Paris, on the eve of COP21, where 35 U.S. mayors shared their stories about a decade of local climate recognition of climate change and issues of poverty and social inequality are u The mayors of 30 Cities, which represent nearly 100 million citizens, are committed to taking inclusive climate action that equally benefits all citizens. Mayor of Accra; Athens; Barcelona; Bridgeport, Connecticut; Buenos Aires; Cape Town; Chicago; Denver; Durban; Guadalajara; Hong Kong, China; Houston; Johannesburg; Los Angeles; Medellin; Mexico City; Milan; Montreal; New York City; Paris; Philadelphia; Salt Lake City; San Francisco; Saint-Jacques; Seattle; Sydney; Tel Aviv; Tokyo; Toronto and Washington DC. committed to strengthen community development measures, including climate change measures and infrastructure projects that have significant environmental, health, social and economic benefits, particularly in low-income and vulnerable communities. We will continue to lead. We are investing more in renewable energy and energy efficiency.
We will buy and create more demand for electric cars and trucks. We will intensify our efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, create a clean energy economy and advocate for environmental justice. And if the president wants to break the promises made to our allies in the historic Paris Agreement, we will build and strengthen relationships around the world to protect the planet from devastating climate risks. A report released earlier at the summit, Deadline 2020, concludes that the next four years will determine whether the world can avoid the worst effects of climate change.