Will someone please tell me that city bureaucrats from all over the world won't be taking expensive fossil-fueled trips to London to receive bad-weather-preventing awards next month?

Sustainable Cities Week - Siemens Global Website

Siemens and the C40 Cities Climate Leadership Group (C40) today announced the
29 finalist cities competing in 10 categories for the initial City Climate Leadership Awards. The winners will be named at the Awards presentation event in London, at the Crystal on September 4, 2013.