The Local Goes Global, As Mayors Talk Climate Change In Paris

NPR: While global leaders hammer out an international accord on reducing greenhouse gases in Paris, thousands of mayors are also gathered. The mayors are not officially part of the climate negotiations, but they say international deal or not, cities have to act now. NPR's Eleanor Beardsley reports.

ELEANOR BEARDSLEY, BYLINE: Mayors from Dakar to Los Angeles came to Paris's ornate city hall to share experiences, advice and technology on how to slow global warming. With 50 percent of the world's population living in urban areas, mayors here say there is no time to lose. Salt Lake City Mayor Ralph Becker says unlike at the state and national levels in the U.S., there is no dispute over global warming in his city.

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