{"id":31042,"date":"2015-12-07T00:32:17","date_gmt":"2015-12-06T13:32:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nofibs.com.au\/?p=31042"},"modified":"2019-04-16T13:31:17","modified_gmt":"2019-04-16T03:31:17","slug":"city-summit-commits-to-100-percent-renewables-by-2050-go100re-reports-takvera-from-cop21","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.nofibs.com.au\/city-summit-commits-to-100-percent-renewables-by-2050-go100re-reports-takvera-from-cop21\/","title":{"rendered":"City summit commits to 100 percent #renewables by 2050 #go100RE reports @takvera from #COP21"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo launching Cities climate summit, a side event to COP21. Photo: \u00a9Mairie de Paris<\/p><\/div>\nA meeting of nearly a 1,000 city mayors from around the world meeting in Paris signed a declaration on Friday<\/a> that supports a municipal transition to 100 percent Renewable Energy. Read the declaration<\/a> (PDF)<\/p>\n

Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo said according<\/a> to a report on Citiscope, “As I told the negotiators when bringing them our contribution, cities are not waiting for them to give us the solution,” she said. “We are moving ahead and making a solution possible.”<\/p>\n

Michael Bloomberg, 3 times Mayor of New York, spoke to the gathering and said, “Climate change is the most fundamental and existential threat to our species,\u201d he said<\/a>. “The consequences are unthinkable and worse, it has the potential to make our planet unlivable. So to all the mayors and governors in this room today, I implore you to join with your peers to commit to moving to no less than 100 percent renewable energy as soon as possible. Do not wait another day.”<\/p>\n

The Mayors declared in their statement “we will coordinate our climate action over the coming year to prepare the HABITAT III Conference. Together, we join with global organizations, national governments, the private sector, and civil society to deliver a common response to climate change that will protect our planet.” <\/p>\n

The statement outlines the following collective commitments:<\/p>\n