Cities forge world's largest alliance to curb climate change

(Eco Business, 23 Jun 2016) Cities are responsible for an estimated 75 percent of carbon emissions contributing to climate change.

Cities in six continents joined up to form the world’s largest alliance to combat climate change on Wednesday, a move intended to help make ground-level changes to slow global warming.

More than 7,100 cities in 119 countries formed the Global Covenant of Mayors for Climate and Energy, a network for helping exchange information on such goals as developing clean energy, organisers said.

Cities are responsible for an estimated 75 per cent of carbon emissions contributing to climate change and consume 70 per cent of global energy, according to the United Nations Environment Programme.

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Eco Business, 23 Jun 2016: Cities forge world's largest alliance to curb climate change