American and Japanese mayors to discuss cities' stratagies on climate change Thursday, Oct. 8

Three prominent mayors -- Fumiko Hayashi, of Yokohama, Japan; Ethan Berkowitz, of Anchorage, Alaska; and Martin Walsh, of Boston, Massachusetts -- will discuss how their cities, and many others, are providing solutions to the global climate crisis at a Newsmakers news conference on Thursday, Oct. 8 at 9 a.m. in the Zenger Room.

The three mayors are part of a larger international partnership of mayors gathering in Washington D.C. this week to participate in Our Cities, Our Climate (OC2), a Bloomberg Philanthropies and U.S. Department of State Partnership. OC2 is uniting U.S. and international cities committed to addressing climate change and preventing its harmful effects. Other OC2 events are also taking place in San Francisco and Boston.

The news conference will feature discussion of the broader effort U.S Secretary of State John Kerry and Michael Bloomberg, the UN Secretary General’s Special Envoy for Cities and Climate Change, have orchestrated to inspire climate change solutions and exchange ideas about how cities can continue to drive action on climate change.

Hosting the Newsmaker is National Press Club President John Hughes. Like all Newsmakers events, this news conference is open to credentialed media and club members, free of charge. Food and coffee will be provided.