World Mayors Council on Climate Change
The World Mayors Council on Climate Change is an alliance of mayors who have made a commitment to the protection of climate change.
Since 2012, the Chair is Park Won-soon, Mayor of Seoul, South Korea. The Vice-Chair is Juergen Nimptsch, Mayor of Bonn, Germany.
History
The WMCCC was created in 2005 by Yorikane Masumoto, mayor of Kyoto. The First Chair was Yorikane Masumoto. Baerbel Dieckmann, mayor of Bonn was Chair until 2009.Advocacy
The aim of the WMCCC is "an enhanced recognition and involvement of Mayors in multilateral efforts addressing climate change and related issues of global sustainability".Since its creation it participates to the international negotiations on climate change as an observer organization. Its Chair or members often addresses the plenary of the Conference of Parties such as Baerbel Dieckman in 2007.