Leading cities vow to create 50m green jobs by 2030

Investing in urban climate action is predicted to halve emissions and create a third more jobs, new report finds

Sadiq Khan under fire for 14,000-mile flight to join climate change summit

The Mayor will travel to Buenos Aires to attend the C40 World Mayors summit

London to create ‘world’s most advanced’ air quality monitoring network

Air quality sensors will take pollution readings approximately every 30 metres at tens of thousands of locations across the capital

Global cities leading the way in cutting emissions

New analysis reveals 27 cities, representing 54 million people, saw carbon emissions peak in 2012

London and Indian state mayors fight air pollution

London and the Indian state of Bengaluru are leading a new global partnership of up to 20 other world cities on tackling air pollution in urban centres. The C40 Air Quality Network – co-chaired by London Mayor Sadiq Khan and Belgaluru Mayor Sampath Raj – will allow city leaders to share ideas and innovation to […]

Megacities ‘must ensure emissions peak in 2020’

The next four years are critical to meeting the Paris Agreement targets. That’s according to a new plan from the C40 Cities Climate Leadership Group and consultancy firm Arup, which have outlined how cities must act to end emissions growth by 2020. The C40 group connects more than 80 megacities, representing over 600 million people and a quarter of the global […]