AP, 11/15/2010
More than 600 mayors from around the world will meet in Mexico City this week to press for local authorities to get a greater role and a piece of the funding in the fight against climate change.
Mexico City Mayor Marcelo Ebrard will host the conference. He says 42 of the mayors are expected to sign concrete emissions reduction goals. The conference starts Tuesday.
Another goal is to come up with a delegation of mayors to attend the international climate change conference in Cancun, which starts Nov. 28. Ebrard said Monday that cities should take the lead, because talks among nations are not progressing rapidly.
Mexico City has pledged to reduce emissions by 10 to 12 per cent, but so far have reduced them by only 3.8 over three years.
Mexico Institute 