Global Covenant of Mayors for Climate and Energy

Global Covenant of Mayors for Climate and Energy

(2008; 9,000+ member cities; globalcovenantofmayors.org)

An international alliance of cities and local governments with a long-term vision of promoting and supporting voluntary action to combat climate change and moving to a low emission, resilient society.

Includes 9,000+ cities and local governments from six continents and 127 countries, representing more than 770 million residents.  Predecessor was the EU Covenant of Mayors. The Global Covenant was officially formed in 2017.

Publications:

• News, press releases, and Videos
• Research reports and articles
• Database on climate date of the global covenant cities
• Raising Global Climate Ambition Report (Nov. 2017, 30 p.)

Leadership: Maroš Šefčovič (Co-Chair, European Commission Vice-President), Michael Bloomberg (Co-Chair, Former New York Mayor)