{"id":10273,"date":"2018-06-22T17:30:10","date_gmt":"2018-06-22T17:30:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gofossilfree.org\/usa\/?p=10273"},"modified":"2018-06-22T23:10:03","modified_gmt":"2018-06-22T23:10:03","slug":"civicleadersbestplaced","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gofossilfree.org\/usa\/civicleadersbestplaced\/","title":{"rendered":"Civic leaders are among those best placed to save the planet"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/climatenewsnetwork.net\/worlds-great-cities-hold-key-to-fossil-fuel-cuts\/\">new study out last week<\/a>\u00a0affirms why we\u2019re organising locally to secure commitments to a fossil free world on 8 September.\u00a0 Big cities are huge emitters of greenhouse gases. But this also means \u201cconcerted action by a small number of local mayors and governments can significantly reduce national carbon footprints\u201d.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cMayors, governors, councils and city bosses have as much opportunity as national governments \u2013 and more direct influence.\u201d\u00a0\u00a0<em><a href=\"http:\/\/folk.ntnu.no\/daniemor\/\">Daniel Moran<\/a>, of the Norwegian University of Science and Technology<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Cities may drive climate change, but they are also concentrations of people who will be most at risk, not just because cities are hotter than the surrounding countryside, but because, as the world warms, more people in more cities become increasingly vulnerable to extremes of heat and flood.<\/p>\n<p>The message of the study is simple: when it comes to real climate leadership, mayors, governors, councils and city bosses have as much opportunity as national governments \u2013 and more direct influence.<\/p>\n<h2>In other Rise for Climate-related news this week:<\/h2>\n<h4><strong>Watch: 350 Pilipinas unfurled #FossilFree banners around Metro Manila, building up to the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/riseforclimate.org\/spread-the-word\/#social\">#RiseForClimate<\/a><\/strong><\/h4>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/video.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2F350.org%2Fvideos%2F1026061334223746%2F&amp;show_text=0&amp;width=560\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Volunteers hope that their actions will help civic leaders meeting this September hear the hopes and aspirations of people from climate vulnerable countries like the Philippines.<\/p>\n<h4><strong>#RiseForClimate twitterstorm hits US Conference of Mayors<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>We often think of leadership as something elected officials and people in power embody.\u00a0<strong>The truth is real leadership comes from the people, and the past week has proven that.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>As the US Conference of Mayors convened in a Boston convention centre, hundreds of people demonstrated outside to demand action for a fossil free future and a light projection called on host Boston mayor to walk the talk on climate.\u00a0They were joined by thousands of tweets at their mayors under the #RiseForClimate hashtag \u2014 so many, that the live Twitter feed inside the conference was completely taken over by #RiseForClimate tweets. Read more about the <a href=\"https:\/\/gofossilfree.org\/usa\/uscm-2018-rise\/\">conference here.<\/a><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_85\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\">\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-85 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/riseforclimate.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/45\/2018\/06\/Boston-conference-of-mayors-8-june-tweets.jpg\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/riseforclimate.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/45\/2018\/06\/Boston-conference-of-mayors-8-june-tweets.jpg 600w, https:\/\/riseforclimate.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/45\/2018\/06\/Boston-conference-of-mayors-8-june-tweets-300x181.jpg 300w, https:\/\/riseforclimate.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/45\/2018\/06\/Boston-conference-of-mayors-8-june-tweets-430x259.jpg 430w, https:\/\/riseforclimate.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/45\/2018\/06\/Boston-conference-of-mayors-8-june-tweets-20x12.jpg 20w\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"362\" \/>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Tweets @ US mayors stream behind speakers on the main conference floor<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h4>African cities show real climate leadership<\/h4>\n<p>Announcements from cities in the build up to the official GCAS summit in September continue to build up.<\/p>\n<p>Africa is sometimes better known for its vulnerability to climate change than its action on the problem \u2013 but a set of African cities intend to change that.<\/p>\n<p>Eight major cities \u2013 from Accra to Dar es Salaam \u2013 pledged this week to deliver their share of emissions cuts needed to meet Paris Agreement targets to limit climate change.<\/p>\n<p>They\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-africa-climatechange-cities\/african-cities-pledge-to-cut-climate-emissions-to-zero-by-2050-idUSKCN1II19S\">signed a new pledge to achieve \u201czero carbon\u201d city economies by 2050<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h4>And finally:<\/h4>\n<p>Women for Climate Justice in California are\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/202297857074734\/\">holding the first Rise Art build<\/a>.\u00a0 Art can be a great way to bring people together, raise awareness about Rise for Climate and deliver a powerful message \u2013 watch this space for more resources coming your way soon to help you get creative locally!<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Get involved in Rise for Climate today<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><a class=\"button\" href=\"https:\/\/350.org\/rise\">ORGANISE AN EVENT<\/a>\u00a0 \u00a0<a class=\"button\" href=\"https:\/\/350.org\/rise\">FIND AN EVENT<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When it comes to reducing fossil fuel use and accelerating the transition towards renewable energy, mayors, governors, councils and city bosses have as much opportunity for real climate leadership as national governments \u2013 and more direct influence.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":184,"featured_media":10222,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[73,249,261,133,266,1,243],"tags":[40,264,137,255],"class_list":["post-10273","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-city","category-local-government","category-municipal","category-municipality","category-renewable-energy","category-uncategorized","category-usa","tag-fossil-free","tag-fossil-free-us","tag-fossilfree","tag-fossilfreeblog"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gofossilfree.org\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10273","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gofossilfree.org\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gofossilfree.org\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gofossilfree.org\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/184"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gofossilfree.org\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10273"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/gofossilfree.org\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10273\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gofossilfree.org\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10222"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gofossilfree.org\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10273"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gofossilfree.org\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10273"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gofossilfree.org\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10273"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}