As nations dither on climate change, big cities step up - KansasCity.com

“When there is a flood, a drought, torrential rains, those who show their face before the citizens and must offer a response are the mayors. So they are the ones who are most worried by the risks,” said Marta Delgado, the environmental secretary for Mexico City.
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“Copenhagen was a fiasco. There was no real outcome,” Kadir Topbas, the mayor of Istanbul, told his colleagues, who came from Europe, Africa, Asia and Latin America. “The planet is giving us very bad signals.”