Covenant of Mayors
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]
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
- Birmingham
- Bristol
- Coventry
- Darlington
- Durham
- Gateshead
- Hartlepool
- Kirklees
- Lancashire
- Leicester
- London
- Manchester
- Middlesbrough
- Milton Keynes
- Newcastle upon Tyne
- North Tyneside
- Northumberland
- Nottingham
- Redcar and Cleveland
- South Tyneside
- Stockton
- Sunderland
- York
Scotland
Wales
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
- ^ http://www.eumayors.eu/mm/staging/library/CoM_text_layouted/Texte_Convention_EN.pdf declaration
- ^ 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).
- ^ a b c d http://www.eumayors.eu/home_en.htm