C40 Chair: Mayor Eduardo Paes LATIN AMERICAN CITIES DECLARATION ON THE COMPACT OF Rio de Janeiro MAYORS C40 Board President: Michael R. Bloomberg Former Mayor of New York City
Acknowledging that tackling climate change is vital to the long-term
Addis Ababa health and prosperity of cities in Latin America, we, the undersigned Amsterdam Athens cities, are committing to taking action on climate change and publicly Austin Bangkok reporting on our progress. Barcelona Basel Beijing Berlin* We hereby declare our intent to comply with the Compact of Bogota Boston Mayors, the world’s largest cooperative effort among mayors and Buenos Aires* Cairo city leaders to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, prepare for the Cape Town Caracas impacts of climate change and track progress. Changwon Chicago Copenhagen* Curitiba The Compact of Mayors has defined a series of requirements that Dar es Salaam Delhi cities are expected to meet over time, recognizing that each city may Dhaka Hanoi be at a different stage of development on the pathway to compliance Heidelberg Ho Chi Minh City with the Compact. Hong Kong* Houston* Istanbul Jakarta* By signing this Declaration, we commit to advancing our city along Johannesburg* Karachi each stage of the Compact of Mayors, with the goal of becoming fully Lagos Lima compliant with all the requirements within three years. London* Los Angeles* Madrid Melbourne Specifically, the undersigned Mayors pledge to undertake the Mexico City Milan following for each of our cities: Moscow Mumbai • Develop and publicly report a greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions Nairobi New Orleans inventory that is consistent with the Global Protocol for New York Oslo Community-Scale Greenhouse Gas Emission Inventories (GPC), Paris Philadelphia before the end of 2016 Portland Rio de Janeiro* • Identify and publicly report on climate hazards before the end of Rome Rotterdam 2016 San Francisco Santiago • Set and publicly report a target to reduce GHG emissions, before Sao Paulo Seattle the end of 2017 Seoul* Shanghai • Assess and publicly report on climate vulnerabilities, before the Shenzhen Singapore end of 2017 Stockholm Sydney • Publishing plans to address climate change mitigation and Tokyo* Toronto adaptation before the end of 2018 Vancouver Venice Warsaw Washington, DC We call on cities around the world to make similar commitments to Wuhan Yokohama the largest global demonstration of climate action by city mayors, in
*Steering Committee city advance of the UNFCCC Conference of Parties (COP) 21 in December
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this year.
Signed in alphabetical order of the committed cities:
Mayor of _____