C40 Cities

A little more good news concerning climate action. Mayors from many of the world's largest cities met Nov 5 in Hong Kong to discuss action to reduce their carbon footprint. From the title link article:

"Each of our cities share common goals -- to reduce our carbon footprint, to make our environment more livable and to join hands to combat global warming and climate change," Hong Kong's chief executive Donald Tsang told delegates at the C40 forum, which started Friday.

"Cities are home to more than half of the world's population, they consume over two-thirds of the world's energy and emit more than 70 percent of total carbon dioxides."

For more information about C40 Cities, visit their web site.