This event, the Cities and Climate Change Science Conference, co-sponsored by the IPCC, will take place in March 2018 and support the implementation of the Paris Agreement, the New Urban Agenda, and the Sustainable Development Goals. The conference has also appointed a Scientific Steering Committee, which will guide its organisation. 

Don Iveson, Mayor of Edmonton, said: “The City of Edmonton is pleased to host the 2018 Cities and Climate Change Science conference. Our city is serious in its action to combat climate change. The City’s Blatchford redevelopment, poised to be one of the world’s largest sustainable communities, and our commitment to doubling of our light rail transit network in the next ten years, are just two of many initiatives we are making to further this necessary global change. Hosting the 2018 Cities and Climate Change Science conference gives us the opportunity to share knowledge with other municipalities, while learning, advancing ideas and forming partnerships that will help the world’s cities make progress on climate change.”

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