Summary of Gwangju Initiative for urban environment summit

GWANGJU, Oct. 14 (Yonhap) -- The following is the gist of an initiative outlined Thursday by Sonu Jung-ho, chief of the 2011 Gwangju Summit of the Urban Environmental Accords at the close of the summit in the southwestern city of Gwangju.

The city of Gwangju aims to:
-- Develop an urban Clean Development Mechanism for the promotion of green economies and sustainable urban development with U.N. Environment Program and the Korea Environment Institute.
-- Develop an assessment index for an eco-friendly city which can be applied to both advanced and developing countries.

In order to implement the above two projects, Gwangju will:
-- Operate a consultation group with participation by UNEP, UN-Habitat and other international organizations to fulfill given missions with regard to the development and registration of urban CDM.
-- Establish the ???Global Low-Carbon Green City Award??? to encourage the implementation of the Urban Environment Evaluation Index and to encourage member cities to make efforts toward becoming low carbon, green cities.
-- Proceed with the establishment of an information center for sharing information and experiences, among member cities
-- Provide UEA cities with related software and a manual for the program designed to manage the carbon bank system of Gwangju.