The C40 Cities -- which convenes the World Mayor’s Summit each year -- is a transnational municipal network that coordinates the efforts of member cities to protect the environment. Inhabitants of the C40 cities make up a twelfth of the world’s population, and their economic power represents a quarter of the global economy. So the Global Green New Deal augments the C40’s work since 2005 with a central ideological vision, to shape their agenda in the coming decades. This highlights a weakness of cities, which are particularly dependent on state policies when it comes to their own budgets. As states continue to fail on climate change, the leadership shown by mayors of global cities offers a spark of hope.

Source: Dhaka Tribune October 16, 2019 12:33 UTC