More than 500 European cities sign up to 2020 carbon pledge

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Latest round of signatories to the Covenant of the Mayors takes number of cities committed to producing climate change action plans to more than 1,600

More than 500 European mayors will this afternoon sign up to a high-profile agreement, pledging to cut carbon emissions from their cities by more than 20 per cent by the end of the decade. At a ceremony...

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