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Covenant of Mayors

The Covenant of Mayors is a new ambitious initiative of the European Commission addressing cities in the fight against global warming. It consists of the formal commitment of the pioneering cities joining it to go beyond the objectives of the EU in terms of reducing their CO2 emissions through energy efficiency and renewable energy actions.

The current version of the Covenant of Mayors core text undefined(28 KB) emerged from a consultation process with city networks (Energie-Cités, Climate Alliance, Eurocities and CEMR) and many cities in Europe.

 

Joining the Covenant

The cities, towns and regions willing to sign up to the Covenant can discuss it in their City Councils or equivalent decision-making body. Once a decision to sign up is formally made, please inform the European Commission by sending a message to the Covenant of Mayors mailbox:

TREN-COVENANT(at)ec.europa.eu


In order to speed up the process you are kindly requested to fill the adhesion form:

Adhesion form undefined(20 KB)

The first group of Covenant cities will be those who sign up before 15 January 2009. The Commission intends to organise a prestigious conference and ceremony with the top representatives of EU institutions and the Mayors of the Covenant cities and regions.

The Covenant will continue to remain open and it is intended to repeat this process each year for new signatories.


Find more information on the European Commission’s website:
http://ec.europa.eu/energy/climate_actions/mayors/index_en.htm

 

Contact:
Pirita Lindholm, p.lindholm(at)climatealliance.org

 

 

History of the Covenant :

30 April 2008:
The public consultation process for the Covenant of Mayors was finalised.

Please find here:

Climate Alliance's recommendations undefined(190 KB).


29 January 2008:
European Commissioner Andris Piebalgs launched the Covenant of Mayors during the European Sustainable Energy Week 2008. Ten of the most pioneering cities in Europe joined the Commissioner on the podium and presented their successful policies, measures and campaigns which they would recommend other cities and towns to follow.




 

Joachim Lorenz, Councillor for Health and Environment of the City of Munich and President of Climate Alliance, warmly welcomed the initiative. “The Climate Alliance is the European network where adhering cities and municipalities commit to a voluntary target to halve their greenhouse gas emissions by 2030 at the latest. We deeply acknowledge that the European Commission recognises the role of the local level to achieve European targets and welcome this impulse for action on all levels.”