Covenant of Mayors

On Thursday 22 February, the European Covenant of Mayors celebrated its 10th anniversary in the hemicycle of the European Parliament in Brussels. Local and regional leaders from 700 cities and regions present pledged to support the 2030 objectives of the initiative, and increase their use of innovative and climate-friendly technological solutions to tackle the challenges of climate change and the energy transition. CEMR was represented by its climate and energy spokesperson, mayor of Seville Juan Espadas Cejas.

Celebrating the past and looking to the future

The 2018 ceremony of the initiative had a twofold purpose: to take stock of the results achieved by the more than 9,000 local authorities committed to the European Covenant, and to look towards the next steps for the world's pioneering local energy and climate movement…

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