Summary For Urban Policymakers
What the IPCC Special Report on Global Warming of 1.5°C means for cities.
Research
INNOVATE4CITIES – A Global Climate Action Accelerator: Research and Innovation Priorities
With the Paris Agreement coming into force, and the associated commitment of 197 nations around the world, including the European Union, to limit global warming to well below 2o C, governments are beginning to understand the urgency of the climate change crisis.
Analysis: The demand for financing climate projects in cities
This report, co-authored by the C40 Cities Finance Facility, CDP, and in collaboration with the Global Covenant of Mayors for Climate and Energy, is the first-ever in-depth analysis of infrastructure projects around climate change in cities.
Implementing Climate Ambition- Global Covenant of Mayors 2018 Global Aggregation Report
As countries consider how to increase their ambition in the lead-up to implementing their Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) under the Paris Climate Agreement in 2020.
Climate Opportunity Report: More Jobs, Better Health, Liveable Cities
The Climate Opportunity report outlines the benefits for three highly effective climate actions and provides local and national policymakers with a guiding methodology for how cities and nations can evaluate these impacts and develop their own robust cases for climate action policies
The Future We Don’t Want
The Future We Don’t Want project is a collaboration between C40 Cities, Global Covenant of Mayors, Acclimatise, and the Urban Climate Change Research Network (UCCRN) aimed at understanding and communicating key challenges cities are facing, and will continue to face, as a result of climate change. These four organisations have come together to illustrate the … read more
Global Covenant of Mayors for Climate & Energy input to Talanoa Dialogue
Cities and local governments are essential to turn climate action pledges into concrete action, supporting the implementation and accelerating the ambition of NDCs, to ensure the goals of the Paris Agreement are met. GCoM and partners will create an enabling environment for Talanoa Dialogues around events worldwide and explore ways to foster multilevel governance and … read more
Raising Global Climate Ambition Report
The Global Covenant of Mayors highlights the collective potential of over 7400 cities and local governments making voluntary commitments to take significant action. Learn more about the aggregate impact of GCoM cities through its new report.
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