Mexico City mayor nominated as Resilient Cities Champion
Mayor Marcelo Ebrard was nominated as a champion of the “Making Cities Resilient” campaign by the UN’s top disaster risk reduction official, Margareta Wahlstrom, at a ceremony during the World Mayors Summit on Climate in Mexico City on November 21, 2010.
Mayor Ebrard was recognized for his exemplary leadership and for showing how local action can be taken to build the resilience of nations and their assets. The mayor is one of the prime movers of the “Mexico City Pact - Global Cities Covenant on Climate,” a historic emissions reduction agreement with over 70 other mayors that commits signatories to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in a transparent manner.
More information on the “Making Cities Resilient” campaign is available here.
Source: UNISDR
