Tuesday, May 25, 2010

Cities and Green Growth : Mayors and Ministers Roundtable


When: 9:00am Tuesday 25 May, 2010
Where: OECD Headquarters, 2 rue André Pascal, Paris 16, France


Who: Mayors from many of the world’s most influential cities, with Ministers and senior business executives, will exchange ideas about how cities and regions can grow their economies and create jobs while reducing greenhouse gas emissions and providing high quality urban services for their citizens.

What: They will focus on ideas such as:
• Grow the economy and reduce pollution through ‘green jobs’ by promoting research and development in eco-innovative infrastructure, transport and energy conservation.
• Hard-hit by the financial crisis, governments are having difficulty meeting the increased demand for social welfare funding and a cleaner environment.

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