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June 15, 2012
At the C40 Mayors Summit in Sao Paulo last year, the C40 Steering Committee drafted a communiqué to highlight for participants of the Rio+20 UN Conference on Sustainable Development the increasingly important role cities play in adapting to and mitigating the impacts of climate change. A related document was formally submitted to the UN Conference on Sustainable Development on November 1, 2011.
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PUBLISHED
June 13, 2012
C40 Chair New York City Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg and Rio de Janeiro Mayor Eduardo Paes will host mayors from the world’s largest cities – the C40 Cities – for Rio + C40: Megacity Mayors Taking Action on Climate Change in conjunction with the Rio+20 conference on sustainable development, on Tuesday, June 19, 2012. Below you will find the agenda, to date.
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PUBLISHED
June 12, 2012
C40-CCI City Director in Rio de Janeiro gives us a first-hand view into the considerable and exciting activity happening on the ground in Rio in the count-down to Rio+20
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PUBLISHED
June 11, 2012
With just eight days until the Rio+20 Earth Summit commences, C40, leaders, and sustainability groups across the globe are busy preparing this historic event.
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PUBLISHED
June 07, 2012
With the Rio+20 Earth Summit kicking off in less than three weeks, the world’s attention will once again turn toward how the international community is engaging in and dealing with global climate change. Some have expressed concerns that current negotiations are not bearing results and many do not want to see another conference come and go without concrete actions taken. While there may be gridlock on the international level, Rio+20 also presents an opportunity for cities – particularly C40 Cities – to bring into focus what cities have been doing, are doing and are capable of doing to combat global climate change by addressing matters locally.
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