Five mayors and communal presidents of municipalities that recently completed the Greenhouse Gas Inventory in their locality met virtually to sign the letter of commitment to the Global Covenant of Mayors for Climate and Energy (GCoM). The participating municipalities are: General Lagos, Santa Fe; Almafuerte, Córdoba; Villa Carlos Paz, Córdoba; Villarino, Buenos Aires and Ramona.…
The Permanent Forum of National Coordinators of the Global Covenant of Mayors for Climate and Energy facilitated cooperation between the Cities for Life Forum, of Peru, and the Argentine Network of Municipalities against Climate Change (RAMCC). This approach led to a cycle of webinars in which local governments of Peru and Argentina share experiences on…
Last August 27th, the fourth session of the Permanent Forum of coordinators of the Global Covenant of Mayors for the Climate and Energy of Latin America and the Caribbean (GCoM LAC) took place, which had as its agenda the Local Climate Governance. On the occasion, representatives of the National Union of Local Governments (UNGL) and…
Considering the difficulties faced by municipal governments against the crisis caused by the covid-19 and the urgency to strengthen the climate agenda, the members of the National Coordination of the Covenant in Brazil, represented on the opportunity by the Network of Local Governments for Sustainability (ICLEI South America), by the Brazilian Association of Municipalities (ABM)…
A new regional strategy for the Global Covenant of Mayors for Climate and Energy (GCoM) was discussed by the Regional Consultative Committee of Central America at a meeting on August 3rd. Maria Eugênia Salaverría, the representative for the Covenant in Central America, highlighted the relevance of the strategic action plan presented at the meeting and…
Experience Interchanging Permanent Forum continues in the GCoM-LAC The National Coordinators and Presidents of the National Consultative Committees of the Global Covenant of Mayors for Climate and Energy in Latin America and the Caribbean (GCoM-LAC) remain in permanent contact in the virtual forum of the program. The forum was created to provide regular interchanging meetings…
With the aim to ratify the commitment of the Ecuadorian municipal union in the fight against climate change, the Association of Municipalities of Ecuador (AME), together with the Ministry of Environment and Water; the municipality of Quito and WWF Ecuador presented the event “Promotion of the GCoM initiative to municipalities in Ecuador and socializing the…
With the aim that the managers of the cities that are part of the Global Covenant of Mayors for Climate and Energy can report their work for the climate in their territories, the tutorial videos on the CDP & ICLEI unified platform are now available on the Covenant page. The series of video tutorials aim…
The Argentine Network of Municipalities Facing Climate Change (RAMCC) and the organization YVYJARYI – Citizenship against climate change in the Republic of Paraguay have been exchanging since May with the objective of working at the bases to the development of Climate Action Plans in local paraguayan governments. The action it is co-organized by the Friedrich…
The Permanent Forum of National Coordinators and Presidents of the National Consultative Committees of the Global Covenant of Mayors for Climate and Energy in Latin America and the Caribbean was created to provide these actors with a permanent virtual space for exchange and institutional strengthening to foster the program. “The space was created because we…