美国120多名州与地方领袖赴安塔利亚参加COP31：新墨西哥州州长领衔代表团
美国气候联盟（U.S. Climate Alliance）、America Is All In 与气候市长（Climate Mayors）三个组织11月9日宣布，120多名美国州、地方与跨界领袖赴土耳其安塔利亚，参加11月9日至20日举行的第31届联合国气候变化大会（COP31）。代表团由新墨西哥州州长 Michelle Lujan Grisham、America Is All In 主席 Gina McCarthy、加州 Palo Alto 市长 Vicki Veenker 与北卡罗来纳州 Raleigh 市长 Janet Cowell 领衔。
随团市长还包括科罗拉多州 Boulder 市长 Aaron Brockett、马萨诸塞州 Beverly 市长 Michael Cahill、康涅狄格州 Bridgeport 市长 Joe Ganim、路易斯安那州 Haynesville 市长 Roderick D. Hampton、明尼苏达州 St. Louis Park 市长 Nadia Mohamed 与加州 West Sacramento 市长 Martha Guerrero。美国气候联盟另派加州、马里兰州、纽约州、北卡罗来纳州与威斯康星州的高级官员参加，主办方表示，未来几天还会有更多州长与地方领袖确认加入。
代表团将在安塔利亚博览中心的 America Is All In 展馆参加11月9日至19日的一系列活动：11月12日发布马里兰大学全球可持续发展中心参与的《美国更佳路径》报告，同日举行美国州与地方领袖记者会；11月13日举行州长气候行动专场与女性气候领袖专场；11月14日举行气候数据完整性专场。全部活动将在 YouTube 直播。
新墨西哥州州长 Michelle Lujan Grisham 表示，代表团此行要向世界表明，美国各州与城市不会退缩，已准备好加强全球伙伴关系。她说，从 Albuquerque 到安塔利亚，各地社区都希望呼吸更干净的空气、用上更负担得起的清洁能源，并在下一次气候灾害来临时更安全。曾任白宫国家气候顾问与联邦环保署（EPA）署长的 Gina McCarthy 表示，市长、州长与跨界领袖此行要展示美国地方层面的气候领导力。Palo Alto 市长 Vicki Veenker 表示，市长离所服务的人民最近，当华盛顿退后时，市长们顶上。
美国气候联盟2017年由华盛顿州、纽约州与加州三州州长发起，目前成员包括24位州长，代表约55%的美国人口；气候市长组织成立于2014年，成员为47个州的350多位市长，覆盖7000多万居民。COP31已于11月9日在安塔利亚开幕。（来源：美国气候联盟）
More Than 120 U.S. State and Local Leaders Head to Antalya for COP31, Led by New Mexico's Governor
The U.S. Climate Alliance, America Is All In and Climate Mayors announced on November 9 that more than 120 U.S. state, local and cross-sector leaders will take part in the 31st United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP31) in Antalya, Türkiye, from November 9 to 20. The delegation is led by New Mexico Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham, America Is All In Chair Gina McCarthy, Palo Alto, California Mayor Vicki Veenker and Raleigh, North Carolina Mayor Janet Cowell.
Other mayors joining the delegation include Aaron Brockett of Boulder, Colorado; Michael Cahill of Beverly, Massachusetts; Joe Ganim of Bridgeport, Connecticut; Roderick D. Hampton of Haynesville, Louisiana; Nadia Mohamed of St. Louis Park, Minnesota; and Martha Guerrero of West Sacramento, California. The U.S. Climate Alliance will also be represented by senior state officials from California, Maryland, New York, North Carolina and Wisconsin, and the organizers said additional governors and local leaders are expected to confirm in the coming days.
The delegation will take part in programming at the America Is All In Pavilion at the Antalya EXPO Center from November 9 to 19, including the launch of the America's Better Pathway report on November 12, a U.S. state and local leaders press conference the same day, a governors' session and a women climate leaders session on November 13, and a climate data integrity session on November 14. All events will be livestreamed on YouTube.
Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham said the delegation is traveling to COP31 to make clear that U.S. states and cities are undaunted and ready to strengthen global partnerships, adding that from Albuquerque to Antalya, communities want cleaner air, more affordable clean energy and greater safety when the next climate disaster hits. Gina McCarthy, a former White House national climate advisor and former administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), said mayors, governors and cross-sector leaders are there to demonstrate the strength of U.S. subnational climate leadership. Palo Alto Mayor Vicki Veenker said mayors are closest to the people they serve, and that when Washington steps back, mayors step up.
The U.S. Climate Alliance was launched in 2017 by the governors of Washington, New York and California and now includes 24 governors representing about 55 percent of the U.S. population. Climate Mayors, founded in 2014, is a network of more than 350 mayors across 47 states representing over 70 million Americans. COP31 opened in Antalya on November 9. (Source: U.S. Climate Alliance)
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图片来源：图：土耳其安塔利亚老城 Kaleiçi 的奥斯曼风格老宅，COP31在安塔利亚举行（资料图）。Sharon Hahn Darlin 摄，CC BY 2.0，经 Wikimedia Commons。 / Photo: An Ottoman-era house in Kaleiçi, the old town of Antalya, Türkiye, host city of COP31 (file photo). Photo by Sharon Hahn Darlin, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
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