Auckland Mayor Len Brown says the city has lessons it can share with other cities round the world at next week’s Climate Change Conference in Paris.
The mayor has come under fire from two councillors for attending the United Nations’ hui, along with environment committee chair Wayne Walker, city ambassador Sir Bob Harvey and chief sustainability officer John Mauro.
He says Auckland has applied to be part of the C40 network of the world’s megacities committed to addressing climate change, and he will be speaking to that part of the summit.
"I’ll be conveying our story of Auckland that talks about our conservation and preservation of our natural estate, our environment so of course talking about the Manukau to the leaders of the world and our experience and learnings from that and of course that is of great significance to iwi and tangata whenua of our city," Mr Brown says.
On Saturday, the People’s Climate March will be held around the country, allowing people to voice their support for a strong stance of carbon emissions reduction to come out of the Paris Summit.
The Auckland march rallies at Albert Park at 11 Saturday morning.
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