On 4 December 2015, hundreds of mayors convened at Paris City Hall for the Climate Summit for Local Leaders, as part of the largest global convening of mayors, governors and local leaders focused on climate change. The afternoon general session began with opening remarks from cohosts Anne Hidalgo, Mayor of Paris, and Michael Bloomberg, UN
The Nord-Pas de Calais region hosted a session at the Cities & Regions Pavilion – TAP2015 at COP21 on Tuesday 2 December. The session presented the implementation and impacts of the Third Industrial Revolution in the Nord-Pas de Calais region of France. The Third Industrial Revolution, discussed primarily by American economist and social theorist Jeremy
ICLEI hosted a session at the Cities & Regions Pavilion – TAP2015 at COP21 on 4 December to showcase the carbonn® Climate Registry (cCR) – the world’s leading reporting platform to enhance transparency, accountability and credibility of climate action of local and subnational governments. The cCR works with multiple partners and supports 14 global initiatives
“TAP Time” sessions at the Cities & Regions Pavilion showcase the most promising projects from the Transformative Actions Program (TAP). The TAP aims to raise global climate ambitions by accelerating local and regional climate action. A session on Climate Awareness and Education on 4 December featured presentations from Kyoto, Manchester and and Rio de Janeiro.
“TAP Time” sessions at the Cities & Regions Pavilion showcase the most promising projects from the Transformative Actions Program (TAP). Today’s France TAP Time session featured presentations from Célia Blauel, Deputy Mayor of Paris; Stéphane Troussel, President of the Seine-Saint-Denis Departmental Council; and Damien Carême, Mayor of Grande-Synthe. The projects all focused on housing renovation
The City of Stockholm hosted a session at the Cities & Regions Pavilion – TAP2015 at COP21 on Thursday, 3 December. Entitled “Stockholm – how to be fossil fuel free by 2040,” the session presented Stockholm’s ambitious targets and its plans for reaching them. As Gustaf Landahl (Head of Department for Environmental Administration, Stockholm) pointed
“TAP Time” sessions at the Cities & Regions Pavilion showcase the most promising projects from the Transformative Actions Program (TAP). The Brazil “TAP Time” session on Thursday, 3 December featured presentations from Mayor Marcio Lacerda of Belo Horizonte, representing Itu, Mayor Antonio Luiz Carvalho accompanied by Rodrigo Ventre, Executive Director of EPPO, Project Coordinator Helio Machado
Dejan Crnek, Vice-Mayor of Ljubljana (Slovenia), talks about the importance of transformative actions to change cities, as well as about the key role of innovation to achieve sustainable cities.
Fabrice Roussel, Vice-President of Nantes Métropole and Mayor of La Chapelle-sur-Erdre (France) explains how the city is working to change because, as he says, “the fight against climate change is all about changing cities”.
The City of Gothenburg hosted a session at the Cities & Regions Pavilion – TAP2015 at COP21 on Thursday, 3 December. Entitled “Gothenburg: Green Bonds and sustainable urban development,” the session examined the challenges and opportunities for cities to finance sustainable urban development with green bonds. Green Bonds are a financial tool designed to counter