Mayors of 94 cities across the globe—members of C40 Cities—announced their support for a Global Green New Deal to “drive an urgent fundamental and irreversible transfer of global resources away from fossil fuels and into action that averts the climate emergency.”
The mayors made commitments to the Global Green New Deal (GGND), which recognizes a climate emergency, at the 2019 C40 World Mayors Summit in Copenhagen Oct. 9-12, attended by 80 mayors and hundreds of environmental activists. The goal is to cut emissions from the transportation, buildings, industry and waste sectors to keep global heating below the 1.5° C goal of the Paris Agreement, while beefing up the economy.