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COP23

Mayor of Seville on climate change: ‘The job that lies ahead of us is enormous’

Hundreds of mayors and regional leaders around the world met on 12 November, during the UN Climate summit (COP23) in Bonn, to discuss progress in the fight against climate change since the adoption of the Paris Agreement in 2015.

In the frame of this meeting, we interviewed the Mayor of Seville and CEMR spokesperson on climate and energy, Juan Espadas. This interview is also available in Spanish.

Progress has been made in the fight against climate change. Are you satisfied with local governments’ achievements since the adoption of the Paris agreements?

Since the Paris agreements, the participation and actions of local governments have intensified. Thanks to these agreements, the question of climate change and its effects has become a priority in the agenda of many elected representatives.

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AU-EU Summit

Europe - Africa

An AU-EU Summit without local governments? Never again!

‘An African Union-European Union Summit without local governments? Never again.’ In these words, CEMR and UCLG-Africa’s Secretaries General concluded the first ever Africa-Europe Local Government Forum.

The forum took place alongside the African Union – European Union Summit of heads of state and government, on 28 November 2017 in Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire.

After a full day of panel and round-table debates, leaders of local and regional governments adopted a common Declaration – to be delivered at the Summit – calling for local and regional governments and their representative organisations to be systematically included and involved in the dialogue on the AU-EU political partnership.

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UN Climate Change Conference

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