More Than 120 U.S. State and Local Leaders Head to Antalya for COP31, Led by New Mexico's Governor
The U.S. Climate Alliance, America Is All In and Climate Mayors announced on November 9 that more than 120 U.S. state, local and cross-sector leaders will take part in the 31st United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP31) in Antalya, Türkiye, from November 9 to 20. The delegation is led by New Mexico Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham, America Is All In Chair Gina McCarthy, Palo Alto, California Mayor Vicki Veenker and Raleigh, North Carolina Mayor Janet Cowell.
Other mayors joining the delegation include Aaron Brockett of Boulder, Colorado; Michael Cahill of Beverly, Massachusetts; Joe Ganim of Bridgeport, Connecticut; Roderick D. Hampton of Haynesville, Louisiana; Nadia Mohamed of St. Louis Park, Minnesota; and Martha Guerrero of West Sacramento, California. The U.S. Climate Alliance will also be represented by senior state officials from California, Maryland, New York, North Carolina and Wisconsin, and the organizers said additional governors and local leaders are expected to confirm in the coming days.
The delegation will take part in programming at the America Is All In Pavilion at the Antalya EXPO Center from November 9 to 19, including the launch of the America's Better Pathway report on November 12, a U.S. state and local leaders press conference the same day, a governors' session and a women climate leaders session on November 13, and a climate data integrity session on November 14. All events will be livestreamed on YouTube.
Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham said the delegation is traveling to COP31 to make clear that U.S. states and cities are undaunted and ready to strengthen global partnerships, adding that from Albuquerque to Antalya, communities want cleaner air, more affordable clean energy and greater safety when the next climate disaster hits. Gina McCarthy, a former White House national climate advisor and former administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), said mayors, governors and cross-sector leaders are there to demonstrate the strength of U.S. subnational climate leadership. Palo Alto Mayor Vicki Veenker said mayors are closest to the people they serve, and that when Washington steps back, mayors step up.
The U.S. Climate Alliance was launched in 2017 by the governors of Washington, New York and California and now includes 24 governors representing about 55 percent of the U.S. population. Climate Mayors, founded in 2014, is a network of more than 350 mayors across 47 states representing over 70 million Americans. COP31 opened in Antalya on November 9. (Source: U.S. Climate Alliance)
Source: U.S. Climate Alliance
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Photo: 图：土耳其安塔利亚老城 Kaleiçi 的奥斯曼风格老宅，COP31在安塔利亚举行（资料图）。Sharon Hahn Darlin 摄，CC BY 2.0，经 Wikimedia Commons。 / Photo: An Ottoman-era house in Kaleiçi, the old town of Antalya, Türkiye, host city of COP31 (file photo). Photo by Sharon Hahn Darlin, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
