Today, C40 distinguished the three most active cities in each region in the fight against climate change. Buenos Aires, Bogotá and São Paulo were recognized as the three most committed in Latin America.
"It is a very important international recognition of all the measures that we promote in Buenos Aires and also of the role of the Head of Government for promoting this agenda together with other cities in the country and the region," said the Secretary General and International Relations, Fernando Straface.
At the global level, the cities of Los Angeles, San Francisco, Boston, London, Copenhagen, Milan, Seoul, Tokyo, Melbourne, Durban, Accra, Johannesburg, Dubai, Dhaka, Delhi, Hong Kong, Shenzhen and Nanjing were also distinguished.
As C40 noted in a statement, these cities took exceptional steps in 2020 to share best practices across cities, provided extraordinary thought leadership, and represented the C40 network globally. “With many cities around the world still facing the devastating effects of the pandemic, the most immediate test of any leader's commitment to climate action now is to ensure a fair and ecological recovery, based on the principles of the Global Green New. Deal ”, stated the organization.
Buenos Aires was one of the first cities in the world to commit to being carbon neutral in 2050. All the goals and measures to combat climate change can be monitored at buenosaires.gob.ar/cambioclimatico, a site with dynamic visualizations on the main climate indicators.
In addition, since 2020, Horacio Rodríguez Larreta has been the vice president of C40 for Latin America together with the mayor of Bogotá, Claudia Hernández, with whom he promotes the development of climate action plans in Latin American cities.
The standards for participating in C40 include a series of mandatory requirements, such as setting an ambitious goal to reduce GHG emissions; publish a climate action plan with concrete initiatives to achieve goals; increase urban climate resilience and actively share best practice examples with other cities through C40 networks.
