Some of the world’s largest cities, including London, Paris and New York, have revealed they are no longer increasing their climate-harming carbon emissions — and pledged to cut them further.
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| Protesters gathering outside the Global Climate Action Summit in San Francisco. |
Greenhouse gas pollution from 27 of the world’s largest cities has been on a downward trajectory for five years thanks to a switch to renewable energy and cleaner transportation systems, it emerged at the Global Climate Action Summit, an event being held in San Francisco to encourage “deeper worldwide commitments” to save the environment.
Read the story by Josh Gabbatiss from the Independent - “Nearly 30 megacities announce massive cuts in greenhouse gas emissions in defiance of Trump at California summit.”
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