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House, as President of the Eurocities Mobility Forum, will deliver a lecture tomorrow at the European Week of Sustainable Energy
Murcia, near Madrid, in February 2008 were the first Spanish cities to join the pact which brings together hundreds of European cities
The Mayor of Murcia, Miguel Angel House, has signed this afternoon in Brussels the Covenant of Mayors, a tool to promote sustainable development of cities and which was proposed by the European Commission a year ago.
The aim is saving and energy efficiency and combating climate change.
Local Agency for Energy and Climate Change is responsible for meeting all the goals reflected in the covenant.
The ceremony took place in the House of Parliament and has received prominent political and cultural personalities from all over the world.
The Covenant of Mayors is considered the most ambitious initiative driven so far to facilitate citizen participation in the fight against climate change.
Murcia and Madrid were the first Spanish cities in joining, which were soon followed by Amsterdam, Paris, London, Rome, Lisbon, Helsinki, Stockholm and Warsaw, among others.
In just one year, hundreds of European cities have joined the Covenant, which will be officially signed next Tuesday.
The importance of this Covenant is that the signatories are committed to exceed the forecast established by the Heads of State by 2020 and reduce by more than 20% of CO2 emissions in each country.
Among the interventions that have been found later the President of the European Investment Bank, Philippe Maystadt, Andris Piebalgs, European Commissioner for Energy, Luc Van den Brande, president of the Committee of the Regions, and Michael Bloomberg, Mayor of New York.
Leading European
Miguel Angel House, as President of the Eurocities Mobility Forum, will also participate in various events planned in connection with the Sustainable Energy Week.
Specifically, the acting mayor during a conference tomorrow will propose the creation and promotion of a new culture of sustainability.
Murcia over the coming years will be the official headquarters of the largest network of European cities, the so-called European Mobility Forum (Eurocities).
Founded in 1986, provides a platform EUROCITIES
which belong to 30 European countries, and thousands of municipalities, to enable its members to share knowledge, exchange experiences, to discuss common problems and develop enterprise solutions through forums, workshops, projects, activities and events.
Chronology of the Covenant
1 - January 2008: We presented the initiative in the European Week of Sustainable Energy.
Murcia and Madrid are the first Spanish capital to join the pact.
2 - April 30, 2008: consultation period closes.
March - June 2008: We present the final version of the Covenant.
4 - February 2009: Signing of the Covenant.
5 - Several events in some cities that prior expressed their commitment to adhere to the covenant (Eurocities in Murcia, Committee of the Regions in Brussels, Aachen Climate Alliance, Energie-Cités in Cork, ICLEI in Rovigo, or meeting several European cities to discuss economic issues in Helsinki last November, etc ...).
Source: Ayuntamiento de Murcia
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