Global Covenant of Mayors


New Headquarters Opening

Global Covenant of Mayors New Headquarters Opening

King Philippe of the Belgians, European Commission Vice President Maroš Šefčovič, UN Special Envoy for Climate Action, Michael R. Bloomberg and other international guests gathered to celebrate the establishment of Global Covenant of Mayors for Climate & Energy’s Global Secretariat in Brussels, supporting cities around the globe in the fight against climate change.

Organized with the support of Eleven3, the ceremony was an opportunity to highlight the central role cities play in meeting the objectives agreed in the Paris Agreement.

The Global Covenant chose to host its global headquarters in Brussels due to the city’s increasing relevance as a world center of political decision-making, strategically placed to facilitate a close collaboration with the international political community, as well as the scientific community, financial institutions, and subnational players from across the globe who share the long-term vision of moving to a low emission, resilient society.

The Global Covenant of Mayors, created in January 2017, is the largest and first-of-its-kind global coalition of cities and local governments to combat climate change.

Cities account for more than 70% of global energy-related GHG emissions and are the places where the effects of climate change are already most severely felt, but also where concrete climate action can be implemented most efficiently through on the ground action in areas such as such as buildings, transportation, energy and waste.

The coalition comprises thousands of cities across 6 continents and more than 120 countries, representing over 700 million people or almost 10% of the global population. By 2030, Global Covenant cities and local governments could collectively reduce 1.3 billion tons of CO2 emissions per year from business-as-usual. This equals the emissions of 276 million cars taken off the road.

Belgium is very actively engaging in the Global Covenant through the regional EU Covenant of Mayors as around 300 Belgian cities have signed up to the Covenant of Mayors.

Learn more at www.globalcovenantofmayors.org

Details

country : Belgium

place : Brussels

duration : 1 day

guests : 100

staff : 2

Event Job List

A.I.S.E.

Washright Campaign

Adam Opel AG

New Meriva on Tour
Karl Press Launch
Crossland X Press Launch

bpost

Staff Awards Ceremony

CER-UNIFE

European Railway Award

Chopard

24H of Le Mans ’14

Costa Cruciere

Dolce Vita Event

Dacia

New Logan MCV
10 Years Ride & Drive

Delhaize Group

Extraordinary Shareholder’s Meeting
Ahold Delhaize Merge Announcement

Detry

Open Doors Days

Distrigas

Zeebrugge Terminal Event
GIIGNL

DSM

Booths for Recruitment Events

Elanco

Onboard Meeting
Guiding Coalition Congress

ERTRAC

European Green Cars Initiative

European Commission

Brussels Economic Forum

Fost Plus

Festival Management

Galère

New Headquarters
50th Birthday

GDF SUEZ

Purchase Convention
La Monnaie
BOZAR Gala Evenings
BEE Voeux

Global Covenant of Mayors

New Headquarters Opening

GSK

CI Congress

HEC Paris

European Executive Campus

I.R.I.S.

Personnel Party

International Diabetes Federation

World Diabetes Day Breakfast Event
World Health Assembly Side Event

Lanxess

Rubber Day
Lustran Polymers
Capital Markets and Media Days

MUFG

50th Anniversary

Pfizer

BSTH Congress

Philip Morris Benelux

EU&U Event
Anti-Counterfeiting Workshops

Philip Morris International

Illicit Trade
Anti-Counterfeit Event at EP

Renault

R.S. 01 Media Presentation
Press Conference
Luxembourg Press Lunch

Royal Museums of Fine Arts

Private Events
Auditorium

Sopralex

Personnel Incentive ’17
Personnel Incentive ’16
Personnel Incentive ’15
Personnel Incentive ’14

Tele Atlas

Vision Tour Rome
Roadshow
New Ghent Headquarters Opening

Toyota

Brussels Airport Display

Volvo

Media and Design Events

Winterthur

Brokers Day

ZEP

General Assembly