Will Cities of Tomorrow Save the Climate?

Faced with the gravity of global warming and its effects that could upset the world economy, awareness is gradually emerging, aimed at pushing actors to act more vigorously and quickly to limit temperature increases. In the Paris Agreement (2015), most of the the world’s states recognize the severity of global warming and commit to acting in order to ensure that the temperature does not increase by more than 2 degrees, or better, by 1.5 degrees, in the years to come. However, since 2015, greenhouse gas emissions have continued to increase, and the warming trajectory is well above two degrees.

Many actors are involved in what will be the evolution of the climate equation:
the governments of the countries that signed the Paris Agreement, businesses, cities and territories. The aim of this session is to examine the role that cities can play; the cities of today but especially the cities of the future, those who have made it a priority to respect the environment and reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Beyond the actions undertaken or envisaged, it is necessary to know whether the contribution of the cities is likely to significantly change the evolution of global warming.