Climate Action 2010-2011

Regional Focus
The Mexico City Pact
The Pact includes 10 commitments that are subject to review and feedback from the city governments of the world:
1. Voluntarily reducing GHG emissions.
2. Adopting and implementing local climate mitigation measures designed to reach the voluntary emission
reduction goals.
3. Developing local adaptation strategies to face the local repercussions of climate change.
4. Registering climate commitments, measures and actions in a quantifiable, reportable, and verifiable (QRV) manner.
5. Promoting the creation of direct access mechanisms to international financing for local climate actions.
6. Establishing a Mexico City Pact Secretariat.
7. Promoting the inclusion of civil society in the struggle against climate change.
8. Promoting and seeking alliances with multilateral institutions and national governments for local climate actions.
9. Promoting alliances and cooperation among cities.
10. Disseminating the message of the Mexico City Pact.
In this way, the Mexico City Pact will become a new international negotiation mechanism and establish a system
of measurable and verifiable action reports. This will make it possible to closely follow advances over time and
establish criteria and guidelines for assigning funds to local projects.
The WMSC will be a forum for sharing experiences among cities on state-of-the-art policies that have been
implemented in regard to energy efficiency, sustainable transport, renewable energy, efficient lighting, generation
of electricity from waste, curbing water consumption, and the introduction of electric and hybrid vehicles, among
other actions.
The World Mayors Summit on Climate will be an excellent opportunity to achieve a synergy of experiences and
agreements. The clearest challenge that we have on the path to COP16 is to receive recognition of our leadership in
the struggle against climate change.
on Climate Change (UNFCCC) and the UN COPs,
who are coordinating the climate efforts of national
governments.
The WMSC will be the basis for signing a voluntary
commitment, called the Mexico City Pact. The two-part
Pact looks at the strategic role of cities in combating global
warming and establishes a set of voluntary pledges to
promote strategies and actions to reduce GHG emissions.
Cities are economic and
political hubs as well as centres
of scientific and technical
innovation. As such, cities must
be part of the global solution.
In order to track our progress and keep cities
accountable, the signatories will register their climate
actions in a Carbon Cities Climate Registry (CCCR)
created and administered by the Bonn Center for Local
Climate Action and Reporting (Carbonn).
This pact will include a call for support from the
international community to allocate budget for these
actions. In addition, we will work with the World Bank
to realise direct funding mechanisms for global warming
mitigation initiatives.
Without a doubt, a key outcome of the Mexico City
Pact and the first World Mayors Summit on Climate
will be the recognition that cities are strategic entities
in mitigating climate change. Cities are economic
and political hubs as well as centres of scientific and
technical innovation. We have the largest concentrations
of population, public goods and investment capital in
infrastructure and technical knowledge. As such, cities
must be part of the global solution.
Marcelo Ebrard is Head of government of the federal
district in Mexico City, the capital of Mexico. He is
affiliated with the Party of the Democratic Revolution
(PRD) and served as Secretary-General for the former
Mexican federal district department, as well as Minister
of public security and Minister of social development. He
has a degree in international relations from El Colegio
de México and specialised in public administration
and planning at the École nationale d’administration
in France. Since assuming duties as Head of the City
Government in December 2006, he has prioritised green
transport initiatives including construction of a 12th
metro line, new energy efficient vehicles and a tramline.
Karina Moreno, Secretaria Particular del Jefe de
Gobierno del Distrito Federal
Plaza de la Constitución y 5 de Febrero, 1er. Piso
Oficina 103, Centro Histórico, 06068
México, D.F.
Tel: +52 53458042, 53458014, 53458036, 53458044
Email: kmorenoo@jefatura.df.gob.mx
Website: www.df.gob.mx
www.wmsc2010.org
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