JOINED DOCUMENT OF EU CAPITALS 

Meeting of 19th September 

Political and technical representatives from EU Capitals attended a reserved meeting on 19^thp September 2008, following the participation to the conference “Mitigation Strategies of GHG Emissions in European Union Capitals: the Life Project Roma Per Kyoto in the City of Rome”, held in Rome on18^th September.

In this reserved meeting they approved a “Declaration” (see the file below): this document is a tool for Cities to implement a common, local strategy for GHG reduction, and its aim is to strengthen their collaboration and support their networking.

The document was approved also by the cities of Barcelona, Milan and Modena.

(below some picture of the meeting - ph. by Luciano Rossetti)  

The final conference of Roma per Kyoto project, last 18th and 19th September 2008, involved the environmental personalities from EU Capitals gathered together in order to share the outcomes of the Project and identify a common strategy in GHG reduction.

On 18^th September the conference was focused on spreading experiences on GHG reduction from EU Capitals, whilst the 19^th there was a meeting addressed only to political and technical representatives from EU Capitals

The conference was chaired by the Deputy Mayor for Environment Fabio De Lillo and offered lot of opportunities for suggestions, remarks and comparisons, describing an overview on implemented local interventions in CO2 reducing.

All capitals agreed with the significance of cities collaboration and the common aim of reducing GHG emissions.

The Deputy Mayor De Lillo, highlighting the participative element, said: “ It’s the joining of all cities that can produce results over the world”.

The conference, organized by Zetema, focused on local solutions for a global problem that concerns everyone and can be faced only through a collaborative dialogue among all different stakeholders.    

The speeches of the conferences ar available here.