WWF in Latin America awarded eight cities for their ongoing efforts to protect the climate and reduce CO2 emissions.
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Five Latin American capitals – Buenos Aires, Bogotá, Quito, Mexico City and Lima – as well as the cities of Peñalolén (Chile), Montes de Oca (Costa Rica), and Iztapa (Guatemala), have been awarded the WWF Latin America City Challenge 2021-2022 prizes for their efforts to align with the Paris Agreement.
The jury of the People's Challenge of Cities (OPCC), organized by WWF Latin America, selected one winning city per country and two global winners, which in this edition were Bogotá and Lund (Sweden), during the People's Challenge of Cities event, which this year celebrated its 10th anniversary and was held in Mexico City.
The winning cities were selected from among 280 nominations from 50 countries that participated in this edition, according to a statement from WWF Mexico.
The jury, chaired by Resilience Rising CEO Seth Schultz, was made up of international experts in urban issues, sustainability and climate change, who are part of a wide range of organizations, including C40, the African Development Bank and ICLEI, among others.
Experts have recognized the climate adaptation and mitigation projects of the participating cities as aligned with the goals set in the Paris Agreement, which focuses on not exceeding the limit of global temperature increase of 1.5°C.
Another parameter used by OPCC in the assessment has been the reporting of urban actions, strategies and climate data by municipal governments in a unified reporting system of the international organization Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP).
