69 Cities Publish One-Year Climate Plans as COP31 Opens: Mayors Represent More Than 250 Million People, Up From 42 Cities at Launch
ANTALYA, Türkiye — As the COP31 climate summit opened, mayors of 69 cities published their climate plans for the next 12 months on November 9, together representing more than 250 million people. The initiative, known as the Yearly Offer of Action, was launched by C40 Cities and the Global Covenant of Mayors for Climate and Energy ahead of the previous summit. It asks cities to name the measures they intend to deliver over the following year and to report on progress. Participation has grown from 42 cities at launch to 69 cities setting out plans for 2027.
The plans cover both protection against extreme weather and cuts to emissions. Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, will combine real-time river monitoring with emergency training in a new flood early warning system. Rio de Janeiro will run heat alerts, Bogotá electric buses, Paris urban greening, and Melbourne, Australia, will offer financial incentives for commercial building efficiency, targeting about 400 buildings in the first year and saving more than 4,400 tonnes of emissions over a decade. Freetown, Sierra Leone, plans to plant another 200,000 mangroves, building on 1.2 million already planted, and to install 24 solar-powered water kiosks for more than 7,000 residents.
London Mayor and C40 Co-Chair Sadiq Khan will attend COP31 and is expected to call on national governments to help extend extreme weather early warning systems. C40 and the covenant also said 27 cities have committed to improving waste systems, with measures projected to reduce or avoid more than 1.4 million tonnes of methane emissions by 2030.
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https://climate-news.co.uk/2026/11/09/69-cities-set-out-climate-plans-as-cop31-opens-in-turkiye/
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