Mayors of major world cities gathered in Tokyo on Wednesday asked Prime Minister Shinzo Abe to lead debate on pressing global issues such as climate change at the Group of 20 summit next month in Osaka.<\/p>\n
The local government leaders from the \u201cUrban 20,\u201d or U20, group released a joint statement at the end of their meeting, setting various goals such as a commitment toward \u201cdecarbonization by 2050 at the latest.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWe are aiming to cut greenhouse gas emissions to effectively zero by 2050 and cut plastic waste,\u201d Tokyo Gov. Yuriko Koike said when she handed the communique to Abe at his office along with other participants of the two-day meeting, including the mayors of Berlin, Helsinki and Rome.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe hope that the G20 leaders will listen to our proposals,\u201d Koike said.<\/p>\n
Abe responded, \u201cClimate change and marine plastic are among the global issues that the G20 will discuss along with free trade and rules for the digital economy.\u201d<\/p>\n
The leaders of the G20 major economies will gather in Osaka on June 28 and 29.<\/p>\n
In the statement, the mayors urged the G20 leaders to set targets and develop pathways toward \u201cdecarbonizing the energy grid, with 100 percent renewable electricity by 2030, and 100 percent renewable energy by 2050.\u201d<\/p>\n
Climate change is \u201cthe most pressing challenge of the 21st century,\u201d they said, adding that their cities are committed to the 2015 Paris climate accord. The accord aims to keep the average increase in global temperatures to well below 2 degrees Celsius, and ideally 1.5 C, from preindustrial levels to mitigate impacts of climate change including droughts, floods and rising sea levels. President Donald Trump has decided to pull the United States out of the accord, making climate change one of the contentious agenda items at the G20.<\/p>\n
To prepare for climate-related hazards and natural disasters, the mayors also called for the construction of resilient infrastructure.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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