MEXICO CITY, July 25, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions have been reduced by an accumulated 5.7 million metric tonnes (mt) in Mexico City since it began implementing its Green Plan in 2008, the Mexico City government has announced. The reduction represents 82% of Mexico City's overall target of reducing GHG emissions by 7 million mt of CO2eq, which was established by the Green Plan.

MEXICO CITY, Nov. 21, 2010 /PRNewswire/ -- Mayors from around the world today signed an agreement to address climate change at the World Mayors Summit on Climate, hosted by the Government of Mexico City and Marcelo Ebrard, mayor of Mexico City and chair of the World Mayors Council on Climate.

MEXICO CITY, June 23 /PRNewswire/ -- The Mayor of Mexico City, Marcelo Ebrard Casaubon, addressed 150 of the capital's business elite, as he inaugurated the first annual Mexico City: Investment Capital Forum, an event held in partnership with the country's leading business daily, El Economista.

COPENHAGEN, Dec. 16 /PRNewswire/ -- Mexico City Mayor Marcelo Ebrard has been appointed Chair of the World Mayors Council on Climate Change. Mr. Ebrard succeeds Barbel Dieckmann, former Mayor of Bonn, Germany.

MEXICO CITY, Dec. 1 /PRNewswire/ -- The government of Mexico City today announced it will build a world-class center for biomedical and nanomedical research, called Campus Biometropolis.