What is Covenant of Mayors

The Covenant of Mayors (CoM) is the world’s largest movement for local climate and energy actions. It brings together thousands of local governments voluntarily committed to implementing EU climate and energy objectives.

The initiative now gathers 13,000+ local and regional authorities (as of June 2024) across +140 countries drawing on the strengths of a worldwide multi-stakeholder movement and the technical and methodological support offered by dedicated offices.

Launched in the European Union in 2008, the CoM enlarged to other regions all over the world. The Global Covenant of Mayors is capitalising on the experience gained over the past eight years in Europe and beyond and is building upon the key success factors of the initiative: its bottom-up governance, its multi-level cooperation model and its context-driven framework for action.