French Embassy Sustainability conference -- COP21

Councilor Plantamura served more than five years on the NLC's Energy, Environment and Natural Resources Committee.  Previous to the March 2015 Congressional City Conference in Washington, D.C., she was invited to the French Embassy to participate in the international conference,  FOCUS 2015,  A Forum of Communities for Urban Sustainability. This in preparation for the 2015 COP21 (Conference of Parties) to be held in Paris, which focuses on sustainable innovation.  

(photo: FOCUS 2015)

Civil society and local governments must continue to be the front line against climate change.
T.I.N.A.:  There Is No Alternative.

As they said:  "We don't land in Paris. We try to take off from Paris. Let's get the environmental work done."

Mayor Ferdy Louisy, of Goyave, Guadeloupe,
with Councilor Plantamura