{"id":3555,"date":"2018-06-20T08:27:10","date_gmt":"2018-06-20T08:27:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/icleiseas.org\/?p=3555"},"modified":"2018-06-26T08:30:51","modified_gmt":"2018-06-26T08:30:51","slug":"stepup2018-iclei-pushes-for-climate-neutrality-calling-on-members-to-set-mid-century-targets","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/icleiseas.org\/index.php\/2018\/06\/20\/stepup2018-iclei-pushes-for-climate-neutrality-calling-on-members-to-set-mid-century-targets\/","title":{"rendered":"#StepUp2018: ICLEI pushes for climate neutrality, calling on Members to set mid-century targets"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>The new ICLEI vision for the urban era \u2013 the ICLEI Montr\u00e9al Commitment and Strategic Vision \u2013 adopted by the ICLEI Council, calls on ICLEI Members to aim for climate neutrality in government infrastructure and operations before mid-century.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe need more cities worldwide to go climate neutral,\u201d said Gino Van Begin, Secretary General of ICLEI. \u201cClimate neutrality in the municipal operations and infrastructure is an essential step for full delivery of the Paris Agreement. Cities of all sizes and on any continent can take on this challenge and move us closer towards a climate neutral world.<\/p>\n<p>ICLEI Members like Arendal, Norway and Stockholm, Sweden have already set ambitious climate neutrality targets. In calling for wider action, ICLEI aims to make climate neutrality a reality for more cities across the world. By reporting targets and tracking progress through platforms like the\u00a0<span style=\"color: #00ccff;\">c<a href=\"http:\/\/carbonn.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><\/a>arbon<em>n<\/em> Climate Registry<\/span>, cities can map out individualized paths towards climate neutrality and determine where carbon offsets may be necessary.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m pleased ICLEI continues to build upon its strong base of climate action by stepping up its commitment to do even more,\u201d said Patricia Espinosa, Executive Secretary of UN Climate Change. \u201cBy calling on its network to achieve climate neutrality in government operations before mid-century, ICLEI can help us deliver on the promises of the Paris Agreement. We encourage local and regional governments across the ICLEI network to work with Climate Neutral Now to turn climate neutrality into reality.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Paris Agreement calls for climate neutrality in the second half of the century to avoid the worst effects of climate change. With cities contributing to more than 70 percent of global energy-related greenhouse gas emissions, the urban dimension of climate action is critical.<\/p>\n<p>This call to action by ICLEI comes just ahead of the Global Climate Action Summit, where climate stakeholders worldwide will put forward new, bold climate commitments. This groundswell will place positive pressure on nations to step up climate action and turn their attention towards cities ahead of the year-end climate negotiations in Katowice.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The new ICLEI vision for the urban era \u2013 the ICLEI Montr\u00e9al Commitment and Strategic Vision \u2013 adopted by the ICLEI Council, calls on ICLEI Members to aim for climate neutrality in government infrastructure and operations before mid-century. \u201cWe need more cities worldwide to go climate neutral,\u201d said Gino Van Begin, Secretary General of ICLEI. [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[52,51],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3555","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-featured-news","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/icleiseas.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3555","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/icleiseas.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/icleiseas.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/icleiseas.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/icleiseas.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3555"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/icleiseas.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3555\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3557,"href":"https:\/\/icleiseas.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3555\/revisions\/3557"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/icleiseas.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3555"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/icleiseas.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3555"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/icleiseas.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3555"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}