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Mayors from around the world signed a voluntary pact Sunday in Mexico City to reduce greenhouse gas emissions at a meeting meant as a precursor to UN-sponsored climate talks in Cancun opening next week. About 70 mayors signed the pact in Mexico City to reduce greenhouse emissions. The document will be presented to the UN during climate talks among almost 200 nations scheduled for Cancun from November 26 to December 10. Participants from some 135 cities and urban areas including Buenos Aires, Bogota, Johannesburg, Los Angeles, Paris and Vancouver signed the pact which states their intention to adopt a slate of measures to stem climate change. The meeting in Cancun is a follow-up to the December 2009 Copenhagen summit which failed short of a binding treaty to slow global warming.
