By Lisa Friedman The office of the official American delegation at the international climate talks here is almost always closed. A sign taped to the door informs the curious that entry is for authorized staff members only. But there’s another group of Americans who are happy to be found. They are gathered in a nearly […]

COP 23 Special Advisor for States and Regions California Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. and Michael R. Bloomberg, the United Nations Secretary-General’s Special Envoy for Cities and Climate Change, released the America’s Pledge report today at the U.S. Climate Action Pavilion, a purpose-built exhibition space sponsored by U.S. non-federal leaders at a United Nations climate […]

The following is the text of Mike Bloomberg’s speech as prepared on Saturday, November 11th, 2017. Watch Mike Bloomberg and Governor Brown’s remarks here “Thank you, Mr. Prime Minister, for your leadership here at COP 23 – and for your work supporting action against climate change in every sector of society. Good morning everyone – […]

The battle to end coal-burning, backed by billionaire Michael Bloomberg, is expanding out of the US and around the world in its bid to reduce the global warming threat posed by the most polluting fossil fuel. Bloomberg, a UN special envoy on climate change and former mayor of New York city, has funded a $164m […]

Mike Bloomberg released the following statement on recent reporting that the Trump Administration will focus on fossil fuels at the upcoming UN COP conference in Bonn, Germany, during which Bloomberg and California Governor Jerry Brown will host an America’s Pledge event to highlight aggressive, ongoing climate action by U.S. cities, states, businesses, and organizations in […]

The following is the text of Mike Bloomberg’s remarks for the opening ceremony of Bloomberg’s new London HQ on Tuesday, October 24, 2017: It’s my pleasure to welcome you to the world’s most sustainably designed office building – and the only one in the world that is home to a reconstructed Roman temple. We are […]

Bloomberg’s new headquarters in the City of London — billed as the most sustainable office building in the world — will open on Tuesday. While the financial news and information company has not confirmed how much it spent on the three-year project, the Foster + Partners complex reportedly cost as much as £1bn. The London-based […]

The following is the text of Mike Bloomberg’s remarks as prepared for the announcement of a new $64M commitment to the Sierra Club’s Beyond Coal campaign and other organizations working to move America beyond coal on Wednesday, Oct 11, 2017 in Washington, D.C.: “Good afternoon, everyone. “Yesterday, the Trump Administration formally announced its effort to […]

Today the World Health Organization and the Imperial College of London published a new study in The Lancet which found that there has been a ten-fold increase in childhood obesity, the following is a statement from Mike Bloomberg on these results: “Obesity is truly at crisis levels: there has been a ten-fold increase in the number […]

Today, world and business leaders from every region, including more than 50 heads of state and 250 international CEOs, joined Michael R. Bloomberg for the inaugural Global Business Forum, to discuss innovative and collaborative ways to solve challenges and explore new opportunities to global economic growth. The one-day forum took place at the Plaza Hotel […]