C40 Cities Climate Summit Seoul

The C40 Climate Leadership Group is a voluntary consultative body organized by megacities of the world to address the grim implications of climate change on global communities. To confront the reality that megacities, which occupy only 2 percent of Earth’s total area, emit over 80 percent of total greenhouse gas emissions, the group was launched in London to address the problem based on a proposal by former London mayor Ken Livingstone in 2005. Seoul joined the Group in July 2006.

• Name: C40 Cities-Climate Leadership Group
• Location: London, UK
• Founded: Ken Livingstone, former London mayor, in 2005; expanded to C40 in 2007
• Purpose: Network of megacities committed to addressing climate change

Organization

• 40 mega cities and 19 observers
• Steering Committee member cities and CCI host steering committee meeting (quarterly, conference calls) ※ 10 Steering Committee member cities  Berlin, Johannesburg, London, Los Angeles, New York, Sao Paulo, Seoul, Tokyo, Hong Kong, and Jakarta

Activities

• Summit conferences held for member city mayors every two years to report on the achievements of each city
• Working-level workshops and small-scale conferences held as required
• Concluded a partnership agreement with CCI in 2006 to help reduce carbon emissions and encourage efforts by cities to enhance energy efficiency.