Big cities sign climate agreement

There is a big conference in Copenhagen that gets mayors from the biggest cities in the world together to discuss climate change. These 94 cities make up 25% of world GDP and 1 in 12 of all people. This year’s summit started today and lasts until Saturday.

Source: C40

As part of the commencement, the leaders announced support for the global green deal. The goal is to “keep global heating below the 1.5°C goal of the Paris Agreement.” This includes inclusive climate action, and cutting global emissions in half by 2030.

It doesn’t look like anyone from Vietnam signed along. No one from either HCMC or Hanoi are speaking at the summit, but both are part of the C40 group. So this might mean actual progress. The problem is that words mean nothing without action. We will have to see what happens.

Short one today. I am busy with other things.