Welcome to Global Covenant of Mayors for Climate and Energy
GCoM Southeast Asia
The Global Covenant of Mayors Southeast Asia (GCoM SEA) helps coordinate and support engagement with participating cities in Southeast Asia. It encourages climate action at the local level and helps build a community of committed signatories around it.
Whatever the size or location of their jurisdiction, the mayors and local leaders in this alliance stand ready to take concrete measures with long-term impact to tackle the interconnected challenges of climate change mitigation, adaptation, and access to sustainable energy.
GCoM Program Challenges
Adaptation to climate change
Adopting an integrated approach to climate change mitigation and adaptation ensures consistency of actions, creates synergies and co-benefits, increases cost-efficiency, and helps avoid maladaptation. For more information on how to create a truly integrated approach and address the inter-relationships between adaptation and mitigation, check out this short article and this explanation on Climate-ADAPT.
Climate Change Mitigation
The GCoM signatory cities and local governments act to voluntarily meet targets for greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions reductions (or low emission development targets) for their whole community, identify climate risks and vulnerabilities, and implement mitigation and adaptation measures.
In addition, the Global Covenant of Mayors for Climate & Energy also aims to address increased access to sustainable energy.
Access to clean Energy
Reducing Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Fostering Local Climate Resilience: The Global Covenant of Mayors emphasizes the importance of climate change mitigation (also referred to as low emission development for the Global South) and adaptation to a changing climate, as well as increased access to sustainable energy.
Cities and local governments committing to the GCoM as of 1 January 2017 will need to establish a target covering the territory of the local authority for GHG emissions reductions, make a commitment to tackle climate change adaptation and resilience, and increased access to clean and affordable energy.
Cities and local governments should strive to set targets that are at least as ambitious, and preferably more ambitious, than their respective government’s Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC) under the Paris Agreement. Further, they need to be in line with National Adaptation Plans (where these exist), and be consistent with the principles around energy access and urban sustainability embodied in the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
- 08November 8, 2021
Accelerating and financing the implementation of local Climate Action Plans in Latin America
Asia/JakartaTheme: Adaptation and Lost Damage
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- 09November 9, 2021
Cities, Climate Change Science and Innovation: outcomes from the Innovate4Cities Conference
Asia/JakartaHybrid event at the Cities and Regions Multilevel Action Pavilion
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Gulbenkian Foundation’s prize for Humanity Ceremony
Asia/JakartaGender: Science and Innovation
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Mission Innovation Urban Transitions Mission Event
Asia/JakartaUNFCCC Global Innovation Hub
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Localizing the NDCs: how do we fund and implement action at scale?
Asia/JakartaHybrid event at the EU Pavilion
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Harnessing collective initiatives to achieve Europe’s 2050 climate neutrality goal
Asia/JakartaVirtual event/EU Pavilion Platform
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Racing to 1.5°:cities mainstreaming evidence-based climate & energy policies in Europe & Mediterranean
Asia/JakartaVirtual event/EU Pavilion Platform
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- 10November 10, 2021
Session 1: Addressing access in cities
Asia/JakartaHybrid event at the UNFCCC Hub Pavilion
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- 11November 11, 2021
Further and Faster – local climate action and the role of the Global Covenant of Mayors
Asia/JakartaCities and Regions Multilevel Action Pavilion
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Initiative Launch – the Summary for Urban Policymakers of the IPCC 6th Assessment Report
Asia/JakartaHybrid event at the COP26 Pavilion
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Accelerating local climate action in medium & small municipalities committed to the GCoM: looking at good practices across the Americas
Asia/JakartaHybrid event at the Cities and Regions Multilevel Action Pavilion
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Turning ideas, plans and pipelines into practice and reality: how the Gap Fund is supporting cities and local government at the early stage of project preparation and planning.
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- 12November 12, 2021No events
- 13November 13, 2021No events
- 14November 14, 2021No events