The World Mayors Council on Climate Change is an alliance of committed local government leaders advocating an enhanced recognition and involvement of Mayors in multilateral efforts addressing climate change and related issues of global sustainability.
The WMCCC was initiated in 2010 in collaboration with Local governments for sustainability (ICLEI), united cities and local governments (UCLG) and the Club of Madrid.
More than half the world’s population lives in urban conglomerations, accounting for 70% of global greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions.
UN-HABITAT projects that by 2030, about 60% of the population will be urbanised, mostly in developing countries.
As of November 2011, more than 200 cities and local authorities, representing over 250 million inhabitants worldwide, have signed the Mexico city pact.
“Local climate action the world can count on”.
51 cities with 83 million people are members. Only 40 cities (with 90 inventories) have reported their GHG emission (emitting 447 MtCO2e per year (1)).
(1) MtCO2e : GHGs are described in terms of equivalent megatonnes of CO2.
This is a larger amount that 167 countries that are members of the UNFCCC.
It is comparable to 14% (of) the reported aggregate GHG emission reported by the first 270 business corporations out of a total of 322 listed in ascending order by amount of aggregated GHG emissions in the Carbon disclosure project global 500 (2011).
75% of community GHG commitments aim for reductions of more than 1.0% per year.
The cCCR runs an online city GHG emissions reporting system. Where is it? TBD.
The concept of decreasing carbon intensity is also introduced as an option to define a commitment, but as of 2011 no cCCR reporting city has indicated such a commitment.
Measurable, reportable and verifiable action.