Local and subnational leaders rally for enhanced multilevel collaboration
As the world’s attention focused on COP29, leaders of the Local Governments and Municipal Authorities (LGMA) Constituency, gathered on 13 November for a special session in response to COP29 and the World Climate Action Summit (WCAS).
The session was attended by Yuriko Koike, Governor of Tokyo, Ekrem İmamoğlu, Mayor of the Metropolitan Municipality of Istanbul, Turkey, and Erion Veliaj, Mayor of Tirana, Albania, representing over 500 local government officials sent to this COP29.
In addition to statements from each leader on the need for ambitious NDC and funding based on the LGMA COP29 Joint Position, it was confirmed that action by local governments is essential for realizing climate targets and that multilevel collaboration will be established to take climate action together.
This article was originally published by ICLEI World Secretariat.