The Global Covenant of Mayors for Climate and Energy (GCoM) and the City Climate Finance Gap Fund (Gap Fund) partnership team will be actively participating in the ICLEI World Congress 2024 (ICLEI WC) in São Paulo from June 18-21. This year, the ICLEI WC will be centred on the challenges of transforming commitments into action, … read more
New report highlights the untapped potential of cities in helping achieve Paris Agreement goals; greater emphasis on urban priorities in national plans urgently needed as countries update climate commitments before COP30. Low and middle income countries make up the bulk of NDCs with comprehensive urban priorities while high income and/or highly urbanized countries tend to … read more
What technology solutions are cities around the globe investing in to support climate mitigation in buildings, transport, and solid waste and how can these be deployed in urban areas in low- and middle-income countries? These questions are explored in a recent technical note titled “Smart City Solutions for Climate Change Mitigation” published by the Gap … read more
On April 26th 2024, Mayors Carolina Basualdo of Despeñaderos (Argentina) and Anne Hidalgo of Paris (France) convened at the inaugural IEA Global Summit on People-Centered Clean Energy Transitions in Paris, France. The two mayors joined members of governments, labor organisations, businesses, community leaders, indigenous voices, youth representatives and others in discussions around some of the … read more
“I have met with a large number of European businesses whose solutions are relevant to the issues we face,” said Alfred Mentore, Mayor of Georgetown, Guyana, at a Global Covenant of Mayors for Climate & Energy (GCoM) Business Matchmaking event in Panama. Mayor Mentore’s endorsement gets to the heart of the ambition of Business Matchmaking: … read more
On Wednesday 20 March 2024, the Global Covenant of Mayors for Climate and Energy joined forces with C40 Cities, Covenant of Mayors – Europe and Renovate Europe campaign for a fruitful discussion on “A new era for the European Renovation Wave”. Ahead of the European elections, this event brought together mayors, deputy mayors, business associations, … read more
It’s with great pleasure that we present the latest edition of the Global Covenant of Mayors for Climate & Energy’s biannual newsletter, a platform for updates and insights at the forefront of climate change and action. Within these pages, curated contributions from the GCoM Secretariat, GCoM’s dynamic National/Regional Covenants and valued alliance partners we offer … read more