[wanabidii] Press Releases: Secretary Kerry and UN Special Envoy Bloomberg Welcome International Mayors for Our Cities, Our Climate

You are subscribed to Press Releases for U.S. Department of State. This information has recently been updated, and is now available. Press Releases: Secretary Kerry and UN Special Envoy Bloomberg Welcome International Mayors for Our Cities, Our Climate 10/07/2015 12:34 PM EDT Secretary Kerry and UN Special Envoy Bloomberg Welcome International Mayors for Our Cities, Our Climate Notice to the Press Office of the Spokesperson Washington, DC October 7, 2015 U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and Michael R. Bloomberg, U.N. Secretary-General’s Special Envoy for Cities and Climate Change, will welcome mayors from major global cities to the State Department at 12:30 p.m. on October 8 for the “Our Cities, Our Climate” working sessions and luncheon. Secretary Kerry and Mr. Bloomberg will speak, and the international mayors from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Vancouver, Canada, and Yokohama, Japan, will participate in a panel on the topic of “Mayoral Perspectives on Fighting Climate Change” at 1:45 p.m. The “Our Cities, Our Climate” initiative is a partnership between Bloomberg Philanthropies and the U.S. Department of State, bringing together mayors and city officials from around the world to discuss ways to work together to protect our planet. The participants will share best practices, discuss solutions, and accelerate the progress that the world’s cities are making to address the global challenge of climate change, building climate-action momentum in the final weeks before December’s United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) Conference of the Parties in Paris (COP21). International mayors are arriving from North Dhaka, Bangladesh; South Dhaka, Bangladesh; Mexico City, Mexico, and Lagos, Nigeria; as well as Rio de Janeiro, Vancouver, and Yokohama. Some of the U.S. mayors with a role in the initiative or who are attending the October 8 events include: Anchorage, Alaska; Orlando, Florida; Boulder, Colorado; Detroit, Michigan; Washington, D.C.; Boston, Massachusetts. The international mayors are joined by city officials responsible for urban sustainability from around the world who arrived on the International Visitor Leadership Program. Through visits to San Francisco, Boston, and Washington, D.C., these officials are interacting with U.S. leaders in the environment and sustainability fields. The sustainability officials are from Argentina, Australia, Bangladesh, Brazil, Canada, Denmark, Ethiopia, Germany, Indonesia, Japan, Jordan, Mexico, Nigeria, Norway, South Africa, Sweden, and the United Kingdom. Follow the conversation on social media @StateDeptLive using the hashtag #ActOnClimate and #ClimateCities. The luncheon and panel will both be livestreamed on www.state.gov. Luncheon Session with Remarks by Secretary Kerry and UN Special Envoy Bloomberg: 12:30 p.m. Pooled press coverage. Panel Discussion with Mayors from Rio de Janeiro, Vancouver, and Yokohama: 1:45-2:15 p.m. Open press. Please RSVP to eca-press@state.gov to attend. Press should arrive at the 23rd Street entrance by 1:15 p.m. Media representatives may attend this event upon presentation of one of the following: (1) A U.S. Government-issued identification card (Department of State, White House, Congress, Department of Defense or Foreign Press Center), (2) a media-issued photo identification card, or (3) a letter from their employer on letterhead verifying their employment as a journalist, accompanied by an official photo identification card (driver's license or passport). Please allow adequate time to process through security. The Office of Website Management, Bureau of Public Affairs, manages this site as a portal for information from the U.S. State Department. External links to other Internet sites should not be construed as an endorsement of the views or privacy policies contained therein. Stay connected with the State Department:       External links found in this content or on Department of State websites that go to other non-Department websites should not be construed as an endorsement of the views or privacy policies contained therein.  Update your subscriptions, modify your password or email address, or stop subscriptions at any time on your Subscriber Preferences Page. You will need to use your email address to log in. If you have questions or problems with the subscription service, please visit subscriberhelp.govdelivery.com. This service is provided to you at no charge by U.S. Department of State. This email was sent to wanabidii@googlegroups.com using GovDelivery, on behalf of: U.S. Department of State · 2201 C Street NW · Washington, DC 20520

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