Mayor Walsh Heads to China for Climate Change Speech

Boston, MA - Last month it was the White House. This month, Boston Mayor Marty Walsh has been invited to speak in Beijing.

Walsh will be there June 7-8 at the U.S.-China Climate-Smart/Low-Carbon Cities Summit, part of a 20-city delegation from the United States. More than 40 Chinese cities are expected to attend, designed to exchange ideas on best practices in combating climate change.

"This summit gives us an incredible opportunity to build on our legacy and learn how we can better protect Boston right now, and for our future generations," Walsh said in a press statement on the trip.

The 2016 U.S.-China Climate-Smart/Low Carbon Cities Summit is jointly organized by the United States and China and aims to promote the implementation of the U.S.-China Joint Announcement on Climate Change made by President Obama and President Xi in 2014, as well as the Paris agreement made in 2015. The summit is meant to "expand and deepen the leadership of city and local leaders on climate change and address key low carbon development topics such as carbon trading, air quality improvement, non-motorized transportation, green finance and technology innovation," according to the press release.

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