World Mayors Council on Climate Change
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The World Mayors Council on Climate Change (WMCCC) is an alliance of mayors who have made a commitment to the protection of climate change.
Since 2009, the Chair is Marcelo Ebrard
Marcelo Ebrard
Marcelo Luis Ebrard Casaubón is the current Head of Government of the Federal District since December 5, 2006. He is a Mexican politician affiliated to the Party of the Democratic Revolution who served as Secretary-General of the former Mexican Federal District Department, minister of public...

, Mayor of Mexico City. The Vice-Chair is Juergen Nimptsch, Mayor of Bonn(Germany).

History

The WMCCC was created in 2005 by Yorikane Masumoto, mayor of Kyoto (Japan). The First Chair was Yorikane Masumoto. Baerbel Dieckmann
Bärbel Dieckmann
Bärbel Dieckmann was elected mayor of Bonn in 1994. She is the first woman and first Social Democrat to become mayor of Bonn...

, mayor of Bonn (Germany)was Chair until 2009.

Advocacy

The aim of the WMCCC is "an enhanced recognition and involvement of Mayors in multilateral efforts addressing climate change and related issues of global sustainability".
Since its creation it participates to the international negotiations on climate change (UNFCCC) as an observer organization. Its Chair or members often addresses the plenary of the Conference of Parties such as Baerbel Dieckman in 2007.

Leadership

The World Mayors Council on Climate Change is recognized as one of the major body of mayors leading the way toward low-carbon development.

Link with ICLEI - Local Governments for Sustainability
ICLEI
ICLEI - Local Governments for Sustainability, founded in 1990 as the 'International Council for Local Environmental Initiatives', is an international association of local governments and national and regional local government organizations that have made a commitment to sustainable development...

Since its creation, the World Mayors Council on Climate Change is supported by ICLEI which is acting as its Secretariat and facilitating the participation of its members to the UN climate negotiations.
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