Climate change - 17.03.2009
European Council 19-20 March: no sustainable development without local and regional government !
The conclusions of the forthcoming European Council must include explicit reference to the role of local and regional authorities in the efforts to tackle climate change. Besides, their role must be taken into account in the EU position on the new international agreement that should be adopted in Copenhagen. This is what the Council of European Municipalities and Regions (CEMR) and four other associations of local and regional authorities* ask in a letter to the heads of states and government of the EU.
The European institutions seem to ignore so far the role of towns and regions. That role is not mentioned in the European Commission's communication « Towards a ...
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