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The Covenant of Mayors is a cooperation of communities which committed to climate protection. It is led by the European Commission. The communities' aim is to reduce the use of energy and pushing forward energy efficiency. A concrete aim is to reduce CO2 emissions about 20 per cent by 2030 in their area of responsibility, in addition to the EU's aim. [1].

Members

Member communities are not necessarily situated within EU borders. In the middle of March 2010 has Covenant 1,331 members.[2] It is not known if the counting includes extra-european members as well. Member communities are situated in 37 states within all 27 EU states. Most member communities are situated in Spain (480), Italy (307), France (98) and Sweden (45). Within the 30 biggest cities in the EU 18, within the 50 biggest are 27 cities members.

Non-european cities are Buenos Aires,Argentina and Christchurch, New Zealand. Beside them there are european member cities outside EU. Them are situated in Armenia, Bosnia, Croatia, Norway, Switzerland, Turkey and Ukraine.[2]

Capitals in the EU

17 out of 27 EU capitals are represented in the Covenant.[2][3]

capital country membership
Amsterdam The Netherlands January 6th, 2009
Brussels Belgium December 6th, 2008
Budapest Hungary December 18th, 2008
Bucharest Romania January 29th, 2009
Dublin Ireland March 2nd, 2009
Helsinki Finland January 7th, 2009
Copenhagen Denmark June 10th, 2009
Lisbon Portugal December 3rd, 2008
Ljubljana Slovenia February 10th, 2009
London United Kingdom February 6th, 2009
Madrid Spain November 28th, 2008
Paris France December 16th, 2008
Riga Latvia September 30th, 2009
Rome Italia June 18th, 2009
Stockholm Sweden December 10th, 2008
Tallinn Estonia February 5th, 2009
Warsaw Poland February 5th, 2009

Ireland

There is one city in Ireland.[2][3]

  1. Dublin

United Kingdom

There are 27 cities in the UK, whereof 23 are in England, three in Scotland and one in Wales. Recently there is no northern irish member.[2][3]

England

  1. Birmingham
  2. Bristol
  3. Coventry
  4. Darlington
  5. Durham
  6. Gateshead
  7. Hartlepool
  8. Kirklees
  9. Lancashire
  10. Leicester
  11. London
  12. Manchester
  13. Middlesbrough
  14. Milton Keynes
  15. Newcastle upon Tyne
  16. North Tyneside
  17. Northumberland
  18. Nottingham
  19. Redcar and Cleveland
  20. South Tyneside
  21. Stockton
  22. Sunderland
  23. York

Scotland

  1. Aberdeen
  2. Aberdeenshire
  3. Glasgow

Wales

  1. Mold, Flintshire

Members outside EU

42 cities situated outside EU are members. They are situated especially in Ukraine.[3][2]

city state membership
Aalesund Norway November 26th, 2008
Artemivsk Ukraine Januar 12th, 2009
Banja Luka Bosnia and Herzegovina January 30th, 2009
Bergen Norway March 25th, 2009
Buenos Aires Argentina February 10th, 2009
Christchurch New Zealand November 27th, 2008
Dolyna Ukraine January 12th, 2009
Duga Resa Croatia December 17th, 2009
Ivanić-Grad Croatia September 24th, 2009
Karsiyaka Turkey August 24th, 2008
Kamyanets-Podilsky Ukraine December 23rd, 2008
Kherson Ukraine January 14th, 2009
Klanjec Croatia September 24th, 2009
Kovel Ukraine January 12th, 2009
Kristiansand Norway Mai 6th, 2009
Lausanne Switzerland November 5th, 2008
Lutsk Ukraine January 13, 2009
Lviv Ukraine January 12, 2009
Mogyliv-Podilsky Ukraine December 17th, 2009
Neuchâtel Switzerland December 15th, 2008
Oslo Norway February 3rd, 2009
Ozalj Croatia November 25th, 2009
Pervomaisk Ukraine January 15, 2009
Porsgrunn Norway March 26th, 2009
Pregrada Croatia January 2nd, 2010
Pryluky Ukraine June 25th, 2009
Rijeka Croatia November 25th, 2009
Sarajevo Bosnia and Herzegovina March 10th, 2009
Stavanger Norway September 22nd, 2009
Tsakhkadzor Armenia June 9th, 2009
Tuzla Bosnia and Herzegovina March 2nd, 2010
Voznesensk Ukraine January 13th, 2009
Zagreb Croatia October 30th, 2009
Zhmerinka Ukraine February 10th, 2009
Zurich Switzerland October 1st, 2008

References

  1. ^ http://www.eumayors.eu/mm/staging/library/CoM_text_layouted/Texte_Convention_EN.pdf declaration
  2. ^ a b c d e f http://www.eumayors.eu/home_en.htm Cite error: The named reference "list" was defined multiple times with different content (see the help page).
  3. ^ a b c d http://www.eumayors.eu/home_en.htm
  1. Official Website
  2. declaration, pdf
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