Global warming has been stated to be unequivocal and human influenced. The emissions and atmospheric concentrations of greenhouse gases have increased to a degree that they are producing disturbances to the world climatic system. Several climate change impacts have occurred, while others will...

The Covenant of Mayors for Climate and Energy (CoM) is an ambitious initiative for local climate and energy actions. This document provides signatories with a set of methodological principle, procedures and best practices to develop their SECAP. The Part 1 of this document relates to the SECAP...

The Joint Research Centre (JRC) organised a workshop in Tenerife Island in 2017 called 'Resilient Tenerife', intended to explore participatory strategies to enhance climate resilience. An environmental expert from the Island Council of Gran Canaria was a member of one of the round tables and...

The Emissions Database for Global Atmospheric Research (EDGAR) provides technology based global anthropogenic emissions data of greenhouse gases and air pollutants by country and sector on a 0.1° x 0.1° spatial grid, on a timeline that ranges from 1970 to present days. As part of the...

The Covenant of Mayors for Climate and Energy initiative, hereafter called "Covenant" or "CoM", brings together local and regional authorities voluntarily committing to develop and implement a Sustainable Energy and Climate Action Plan (SECAP) containing measures to reduce their energy (and...

The Covenant of Mayors (CoM) was launched in 2008 by the European Commission to support the efforts deployed by local authorities in the implementation of sustainable energy and climate policies. At 4 September 2016, 6201 local authorities from 51 countries had joined the initiative,...

The Covenant of Mayors (CoM) was launched in 2008 by the European Commission to support the efforts deployed by local authorities in the implementation of sustainable energy and climate policies. At 4 September 2016, 6201 local authorities from 51 countries had joined the initiative,...