Press Releases
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Mayor launches world’s largest air quality monitoring network in London
The Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, has today launched the world’s most advanced and comprehensive network of air quality monitors to help investigate and improve London’s toxic air.
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10 Women4Climate Tech Challenge Finalists Announced
C40’s global competition celebrates women innovators and helps accelerate technological solutions to climate change
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C40 and Los Angeles Cleantech Incubator launch new partnership to help cities accelerate climate solutions through private sector collaboration
C40 and Los Angeles Cleantech Incubator (LACI) are partnering to help cities around the world embrace innovation and accelerate climate solutions to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. This new partnership will first embark on research to inform how start-ups, entrepreneurs and corporate innovation can scale up and deliver solutions for cities to limit global warming to 1.5°C, the target identified in the Paris Climate Agreement.
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EU Judges Overturn Lax ‘Dieselgate’ Emissions Laws in Huge Legal Win for Cities of Paris, Brussels & Madrid
The General Court of the European Union upholds action brought by cities: annuls in part the European Commission’s regulation setting excessively high NOx emission limits tests introduced following Dieselgate scandal
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Paris, Bruxelles et Madrid mettent fin au permis de polluer de la Commission européenne
Le Tribunal de l’Union européenne a aujourd’hui confirmé que les villes de Paris, Bruxelles et Madrid pouvaient contester les règlements sur les émissions des véhicules fixés par la Commission européenne et adoptés par les gouvernements des États membres.
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New report summarizes what the IPCC 1.5°C Special Report means for Cities
18 IPCC lead authors from the 5 chapters of the 1.5°C Special Report summarize key information for cities, with help from city practitioners and NGOs.
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New Research Gives Cities Plans to Tackle GHG Emissions & Air Pollution Simultaneously
C40 research highlights actions that could yield an 87% reduction in GHG emissions, a 49% reduction in PM2.5 levels, 223,000 premature deaths averted and up to $583 billion in economic benefit
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New Sustainable Infrastructure Coming To 9 Cities As C40 Cities Finance Facility Announces Support For Transformational Projects
Nine cities will receive specialist financial advice and bespoke support from leading global experts to develop sustainable infrastructure projects from great ideas and plans into fully financed reality. The Colombian cities of Bogotá, Bucaramanga, Cali, Montería, along with Tshwane, South Africa; Quito, Ecuador; Curitiba, Brazil; Quezon City, The Philippines; and Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, will receive support over the next two years from the C40 Cities Finance Facility.
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Las Alcaldías de Barcelona, Milán y Atenas Insisten en que la Igualdad y la Justicia Social son Necesarias para Proteger el Clima
Hoy la alcaldesa de Barcelona y los alcaldes de Milán y Atenas han tomado nuevas medidas para alcanzar los objetivos del Acuerdo de París comprometiéndose a luchar contra la desigualdad y en favor de la justicia social.
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Mayors of Barcelona, Milan & Athens Urge Action on Inequality & Social Justice to Protect Climate
Today, the mayors of Barcelona, Milan and Athens pledged to tackle inequality and deliver social justice as part of their efforts to achieve the aims of the Paris Agreement, and called on the European Commission, European governments and all EU citizens to do the same.
