Global Covenant of Mayors for Climate and Energy - The Americas

The Global Covenant of Mayors for Climate and Energy is the largest global alliance for city and local climate leadership, built upon the commitment of over 13,000 cities and local governments. These cities hail from 6 continents and 144 countries. In total, they represent more than 1.2 billion people. With Regional and National Covenants of Mayors, cities can commit locally to act to climate change through the GCoM. Each Regional and National Covenant is a member of the GCoM and may profit from contributing to the world’s largest existing initiative supported by the European Commission and Bloomberg Philanthropies and acknowledge by the United Nations Framework Conference for Climate Change rather than to a standalone or new effort.

The overall objective of the action is to develop, monitor and lead climate and sustainable energy action and diplomacy globally through the local level, and thereby support the implementation of the Paris Agreement together with the 2030 Agenda and its Sustainable Development Goals and other UN initiatives focused on climate change and cities.

The regional Covenants of the Americas are:

• Canada
• United States of America
• The Caribbean
• Latin America