Mexico City Pact

Mayor Lois E. Jackson attended the United Cities and Local Government World Congress and World Mayors Summit on Climate in Mexico City on November 21, 2010, as part of a Metro Vancouver delegation. The Summit was held to discuss social, economic and environmental issues applicable to cities around the world.

At the Summit, Mayor Jackson signed the Mexico City Pact on behalf of the Corporation of Delta. The Mexico City Pact is a voluntary pact intended to send a message to the global community that addressing climate change is of significant importance and that local governments play a major role in carrying out related climate action. The Pact is divided into two sections:

• the first section acknowledges the strategic role cities have with respect to designing and implementing climate action strategies and the need to move forward;
• the second section lists a series of voluntary commitments to promote and affect climate action. Signatories agree to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, implement mitigation measures, develop adaptation strategies and register inventories, commitments and results in the Carbonn Cities Climate Registry;

At the December 6, 2010 Regular Meeting, Delta Council endorsed Mayor Lois E. Jackson's signing of the Mexico City Pact. The commitments within the Mexico City Pact are consistent with previously adopted policies and actions of Delta Council.

As a signatory of the Mexico City Pact, Delta will be further recognized internationally as a municipality that is taking action with respect to climate change issues. The next steps with respect to the ratification process of the Mexico City Pact is for Delta's climate action policies and strategies to be collated and entered into the Carbonn Cities Climate Registry.

For more information on the Mexico City Pact, view the Council Report dated November 26, 2010.