European mayors state their commitment against climate change

LEADERS and policymakers of 30 major European Cities have gathered in Paris today to state their commitment to use clean energy policies to fight climate change.

Officials will sign a document agreeing to use their combined financial buying power of around 10 billion Euros per year to purchase environmentally friendly products and services. In a combined statement signed by 26 mayors, including Boris Johnson, the current mayor of London, they said they hoped that this statement would have a leverage effect on the public sector.

All the mayors came to Paris’s City Hall in electric cars that are part of city’s car-sharing service. This meeting comes eight months before the United Nations climate change conference, which will also be hosted in Paris.