Mayors are critical to fighting climate change. Ahead of COP26, we're inviting them to join the Cities #RacetoZero, an opportunity to:
- align global climate efforts
- commit to science-based targets
- take action towards net-zero
- strengthen our economy
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We can rise to the challenge of limiting global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius - and cities, states, & businesses are already leading the way with @AmericaIsAllIn. And with strong partnership and investment from the federal government, we can get it done. https://t.co/0eaxK5qwNz
Daily Read: NYC's pockets of the unvaccinated v troubling. Despite being hard hit by Covid, #FarRockaway among lowest vax rates in NYC - @teakve@politico. Only 39% of residents have 1 dose & 34% fully vaxxed, vs Chelsea, Flushing w/ 100% adults. (1/2) https://t.co/4Kh320Tf9k
City Daily Read: Cities rise in US Census data dump. Almost all of the last decade's US pop. growth in big metro areas. For 1st time, all 10 largest US cities have more than 1M ppl, via @mikeallen@nrothschild3@bloombergcities@citylab. Today's edition: https://t.co/nf7okKoJxa
Daily Read: New UN climate report means moving @beyondcoal more urgent, esp ahead of #COP26 Glasgow. As climate chg fueled fires rage across the globe, including #Greece (below), COP26 to be one of most pivotal moments for the global climate agenda. (1/2) https://t.co/9TkiwAIeM7
Photo of the Week: A resident flees the village of Gouves, on the island of Evia, #Greece. Elevated risk of fires is just one of the effects of climate change being felt all over the world, via Konstantinos Tsakalidis for @Bloomberg@Business (2/2) https://t.co/4Kh320Tf9k
A cluster of satellites launched over last 5 yrs have sharpened view of what methane is being leaked from where. @CarbonMapper, a new project w/ support fr @BloombergDotOrg is developing what the most sensitive and precise tool for spotting sources (2/3) https://t.co/4Kh320Tf9k
Daily Read: Fighting against climate change from space: One of the most powerful levers we have to quickly slow global warming is to stem methane leaks from landfills, oil fields, natural gas pipelines & more, and that's happening from space- @ckatz99@bbcnews (1/3)
Daily Read: Snapshot of a few business centers: NYC had 875 new cases Tues, below the 7 day avg of 930; SF reported 130 (7 day avg. is 190); DC 7 day avg is 48 new cases a day. (1/3) https://t.co/4Kh321aQ0S
Daily Read Alert: There were nearly 1,000 shootings in a week across america between July 17-23 according to @abcnews. The shootings left 430 people dead, 1,000+ wounded. Read more & how to help #endgunviolence w/ @Everytown@MomsDemand here: https://t.co/4Kh320Tf9k
Daily Read: Japan & US lead gold medal race as Day 3 wraps. Team USA has seen its strongest start ever to Olympics, and @TomDaley1994 delivers gold for Team GB. Bookmark this medal tracker on #Tokyo2020.
Daily Read: Hope as UK Covid cases continue downard. In US, Dr. Fauci warns US going "wrong way" as “pandemic of unvaccinated” could lead to 4,000 US deaths a day this fall. Plus: @sheeraf has #mustread A1 illuminating key source of vax disinfo. https://t.co/4Kh320Tf9k
Daily Read: Urgent attention needed to combat NYC’s racial vaccination gap as city reports almost 1k daily cases. Good news is 70% of adults have at least one dose. But data shows pockets of the city and demographics w/ far lower vaccination rates...(1/4) https://t.co/4Kh320Tf9k
Daily Read Thread of the Day: Are the unevenly vaccinated neighborhoods of NYC putting NY on track to become the next London? 70% of NYC adults have at least one dose of a vaccine & 64% fully vaccinated, but delta is driving daily cases up to avg. of more than 560 per day (1/5)
Daily Read: US has warmest June on record - western wildfire smoke drifts to NYC, Boston & Chicago. Drought covers 95% of 11 western US states and ‘dry thunderstorms' prompt more fires. Hunker down now, b/c relief is months away. @NOAA@weathersullivan https://t.co/4Kh320Tf9k
Daily Read: New report finds G20 falling behind in meeting #Paris goals, countries supported fossil fuels w $3.3T in subsidies for coal, oil, gas from 2015-19. @MikeBloomberg: Report underscores need for urgent/bold action across *every* industry. Read: https://t.co/4Kh320Tf9k
Winning the fight against climate change requires urgent & bold action, & we need G-20 governments to lead the way.
@BloombergDotOrg & @BloombergNEF's report highlights immediate government action needed to build a resilient, sustainable global economy. https://t.co/LN4oEd3tS5
Daily Read: The world is unprepared for extreme weather. More alarming: Some scientists say climate extremes are worsening faster than expected, reports @andrewfreedman@axios. More: https://t.co/4Kh320Tf9k
Daily Read: ‘Pandemic of the unvaccinated’ as US #Covid cases up in all 50 states. Low vax rates in Arkansas, Florida, Louisiana, Missouri, Nevada drive plurality of new cases. The good news? Vaccines holding up against Delta variant. @MikeAllen@Axios https://t.co/4Kh320Tf9k