Major Cities In Finland Stress Responsibility To Combat Global Warming

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First published in Sanctuary Asia, Vol. 31 No. 8, August 2011

 

According to local media reports on Wednesday, mayors of Helsinki, Espoo, Vantaa, Turku, Oulu and Tampere made a joint climate-declaration on Wednesday in a meeting held in Helsinki, the capital of Finland.

 

In the declaration, the cities commit themselves to various concrete measures to bring energy consumption down. Among proposed measures are energy-efficient building plans, supporting citizens' climate-friendly actions and ecological support personnel at workplaces. Read the full report here.

 

Source: English.news.cn, Helsinki.

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