City Of Pittsburgh: Mayor Peduto Attends COP26 And Highlights Local 2030 Climate Goal Achievements

Press release from the City of Pittsburgh:

11.09.2021

PITTSBURGH, PA (November 9, 2021) Mayor William Peduto is joining world leaders for the United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP26) in Glasgow, Scotland this week, having been asked to join the local Pittsburgh delegation, representing ICLEI – Local Governments for Sustainability nationally and being selected to represent the Global Covenant of Mayors for Climate Energy on the international level. At COP26, Mayor Peduto will have the opportunity to discuss Pittsburgh’s local progress towards the 2030 climate action goals. 

Mayor Peduto attended the 2015 COP21 talks in Paris, France which resulted in the Paris Agreement. Mayor Peduto committed Pittsburgh to follow the agreement on the local level, outlined in the following 2030 goals: 

Additionally, the City of Pittsburgh committed to improving its operations by creating a series of 2030 municipal goals: 

In the six years since these goals were established, the Peduto Administration’s Office of Sustainability and Resilience Division has worked with departments and offices to make rapid progress on these goals, including: 

Moving forward, the City will continue to integrate sustainability and resilience into City processes. To accomplish this and the 2030 climate goals, the City is building priority-based budgeting into the City’s budget process, releasing an energy strategy to create a framework for the 2030 goals and Electric Vehicle (EV) legislation to accelerate EV deployment across Pittsburgh. 

This press release was produced by the City of Pittsburgh. The views expressed here are the author’s own.