[1] Since 2012, the Chair is Park Won-soon, Mayor of Seoul, South Korea.
[2] The WMCCC was created in 2005 by Yorikane Masumoto, mayor of Kyoto (Japan).
The aim of the WMCCC is "an enhanced recognition and involvement of Mayors in multilateral efforts addressing climate change and related issues of global sustainability".
[3] Since its creation it participates to the international negotiations on climate change (UNFCCC) as an observer organization.
Its Chair or members often addresses the plenary of the Conference of Parties such as Baerbel Dieckman in 2007.