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Mexico City stands out in WWF’s One Planet City Challenge 2020 | |
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2020-08-17 | |
发布年 | 2020 |
语种 | 英语 |
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MEXICO CITY, Mexico – Mexico City was awarded the title Global Winner in WWF’s 2019- 2020 One Planet City Challenge (OPCC). The city impressed the OPCC international expert jury with its strong leadership and ambitious plans to align the city with the 1.5°C target of Paris Agreement on climate change.
255 cities from 53 countries accepted WWF’s 2019-2020 One Planet City Challenge, publicly reporting their climate data on the CDP-ICLEI joint reporting system. Based on their data reporting, OPCC cities were evaluated on their performance with regards to mitigation and adaptation plans and activities, as well as the level of ambition and efforts to align to the Paris Agreement and its 1.5°C target. The Mexican capital submitted plans demonstrating political ambition on climate change, including commitments and actions in line with 1.5°C, and a regulatory framework to implement local climate policies. Mexico City demonstrated ambitious commitments across several sectors, including progress in its adaptation actions, designing an early warning and detection system for natural disasters. The city implemented ambitious mitigation policies, like the creation of a massive public transport system and a wide network of public bicycles. Mexico City has improved regulation of heavy diesel construction machinery and implemented a new system to improve the energy efficiency of street lighting, wells, and pumping plants. “The ambition of Mexico City’s plans is admirable,” said Marco Lambertini, General Director of WWF International. “As one of the largest and most populated cities in the world, Mexico City faces many challenges, but its planning, progress and ambition in the climate agenda demonstrates forward momentum. The city’s adaptation and mitigation targets and actions, across key sectors including transportation and energy, exemplify the type of actions that large urban areas should learn from and strive for. Especially considering cities are responsible for circa 70% of carbon emissions worldwide and thus play a fundamental role to meet the 1.5°C target.” Mexico City joins Vancouver, Cape Town, Seoul, Paris and Uppsala in the prestigious list of global winners recognized by WWF since the City Challenge inception in 2013, becoming the first Latin-American city to do so. These cities demonstrate impressive actions and strategies for combating climate change, while simultaneously improving urban residents’ quality of life. Through this recognition, WWF aspires that these cities continually raise their level of ambition. In the next stage of the OPCC, finalist cities, including Mexico City, will participate in WWF’s We Love Cities campaign from 14 September- 11 October. We Love Cities is the public participation arm of the OPCC, engaging citizens to express support for cities’ sustainability work through votes on Facebook, Tweets, and Instagram photos, as well as to submit suggestions on how cities can be more sustainable. WWF shares these suggestions with participating cities, encouraging them to use these as a base for continued dialogue and public engagement. ---ENDS--- Notes to Editors One Planet City Challenge International Expert Jury:
Barbara Evaeus - Global Communications Manager, WWF Cities at WWF Sweden Jatziri Pérez - Communications Manager at WWF Mexico www.panda.org/opcc Follow us on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram @WWFCities About WWF WWF is one of the world’s largest and most respected independent conservation organizations, with over five million supporters and a global network active in more than 100 countries. WWF’s mission is to stop the degradation of the earth’s natural environment and to build a future in which humans live in harmony with nature, by conserving the world’s biological diversity, ensuring that the use of renewable natural resources is sustainable, and promoting the reduction of pollution and wasteful consumption. About One Planet City Challenge The One Planet City Challenge is a WWF initiative to mobilize action and support from cities in the global transition toward a sustainable one-planet future. It aims to stimulate the development and dissemination of best practices for climate mitigation and adaptation. www.panda.org/news for latest news and media resources |
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