The contributions submitted by national governments ahead of the COP21 will limit the average global temperature rise to around +3°C; far from the objective of +2°C. Seven hundred city mayors from around the world met in the margins of the COP21 at the Paris town hall on Friday to pursue a more ambitious agenda than that supported by their national governments.
The 100% renewable energy goal comes with an alternative objective of reducing greenhouse gas emissions by 80%, also by 2050. Cities are responsible for around 70% of the world's greenhouse gas emissions and their additional effort should cut around 3.7 gigatons of CO2 from the atmosphere each year. Read more at http://www.euractiv.com/
