admin /26 February, 2006
Mayors from around the world were being invited to Kyoto, the ancient
capital of Japan and the birthplace of the Kyoto Protocol, in February
2007 to discuss global climate change, reported United Press
International on 22 February.
Connection with UNFCCC meeting: The Second World Mayors Council
on Climate Change was being organised in connection with the United
Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, (UNFCCC).
First mayoral conference in Montreal in December 2005: The first
mayoral meeting was held in Montreal last December following a proposal
from Mayor Yorikane Masumoto of Kyoto. It brought together mayors from
15 cities in 11 countries, including Seattle, Bonn, Germany, and
Geneva, Switzerland.
Trading of emission credits on agenda: Next year’s Kyoto
meeting, which the organisers expect would assemble about 500
specialists from around the world, was set to discuss measures on
climate change by local governments, including trading of carbon
dioxide emission credits.