Conference of EUROCITIES mayors on climate change
- On: 27.10.2008
- In: Lyons, Hôtel de Ville
Under the aegis of the French Presidency of the Council of the European Union, EUROCITIES is organising a conference in Lyon that will bring together mayors and elected representatives from European towns to discuss topics relating to climate change and energy efficiency. The French prime minister, François Fillon, and the French minister for ecology, energy, sustainable development and regional development, Jean-Louis Borloo, are expected to attend.
The participants will focus mainly on the need to adopt an integrated approach to responding to climate change and promoting energy efficiency, as well as on the follow-up to the green paper on urban transport. These debates will be enhanced by contributions from Stavros Dimas, the European Commissioner for the Environment, and Antonio Tajani, the European Commissioner for Transport.
EUROCITIES is a network of 130 European towns that was set up in 1986. It allows its members to exchange information and to develop solutions and common positions with regard to the specific problems with which they are confronted.
This conference will above all be the occasion for presenting the 'Declaration of EUROCITIES mayors on climate change'.
- Updated: 27.10.2008
