The Global Covenant of Mayors for Climate and Energy mourns the passing of São Paulo Mayor Bruno Covas.

Elected vice mayor in 2016, Bruno Covas became mayor in 2018 and was re-elected mayor of São Paulo in 2020. Bruno Covas had been since 2019 undergoing treatment for cancer in the digestive tract. On April 15 of this year, Covas was hospitalized to undergo check-ups that detected new cancer spots. He was discharged on…