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...congress also featured various Cambridge officials as speakers, including city councillor Henrietta S. Davis, who will represent the city of Cambridge at the Copenhagen summit. At the Cambridge Climate Congress, attendees were also given the opportunity to submit ideas for Davis to consider while she is in Copenhagen for the international talks...
...light of the Copenhagen Climate Summit, Cambridge called to order its own Climate Emergency Congress, convening over 150 community members Saturday to discuss the potential climate challenges facing the city...
Delegates—representing a wide range of ages, socioeconomic statuses, and occupations—attended the Climate Congress in order to provide specific recommendations to the City Council for how residents, businesses, and institutions can adopt more environmentally friendly practices...
...Mayor E. Denise Simmons said that 10 years have elapsed since the city first publicly acknowledged the consequences of climate change. This past May, the Cambridge City Council officially recognized climate change as an “emergency,” and plans to hold a city-wide climate congress has been in the works since Thanksgiving...
During the congress, delegates divided into small groups to discuss tangible solutions to the climate emergency. Recommendations included eliminating all street parking by 2020, raising the price of parking permits, and working with nearby institutions to research and publish reports on green initiatives in an effort to educate the public...