Climate Summit 2014 is a meeting hosted by UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon that will gather Heads of State and Government. They will join leaders from business and civil society to announce new commitments and practical actions to address climate change. It is a one day event to be held on 23 September 2014 at the…
The Kyoto Protocol, adopted in 1997, obliged developed countries to commit to reduce their greenhouse gas emissions of 5% by 2012 compared to 1990 levels. In 2020, after being extended, it will definitively expire. In 2009 the UN Copenhagen Climate Conference failed to achieve a global consensus for a broader climate regime engaging all countries…
The Climate Summit 2014 is expected to support the: a. Scaling-Up of Local Climate Action; by enhancing visibility, quality, effectiveness, ambition and credibility of the actions already taken by pioneering local and subnational governments and facilitating mobilization of new local and subnational governments in these efforts b. Mainstreaming Local Climate Action; by effective engagement of…
Local climate action has been rolling out globally since early 1990s through various initiatives in which ICLEI has been an active leader through its members, campaigns and projects. When national governments decided to craft a new global climate regime, ICLEI started a parallel and global process called the “Local Government Climate Roadmap” and kicked it…
The Compact of Mayors is a joint initiative of the three leading global networks of local governments, in particular, ICLEI-Local Governments for Sustainability (ICLEI), C40 Climate Leadership Group (C40), United Cities and Local Governments (UCLG), supported with their global partners. The Compact of Mayors is an agreement by city networks – and then by their…
It is expected that around 30-40 partnerships or initiatives will be announced at the Climate Summit 2014 on 23 September. The list of all Actions Statements that are endorsed by ICLEI are provided as below. 1- Compact of Mayors (Core Partners: ICLEI, C40, UCLG) 2- City Climate Finance Alliance 3- Reducing Emissions of Short Lived…
Primary events that ICLEI will co-organize on 21-24 September include; a) the People´s Climate March on 21 September Sunday at 11:30 (a delegation of Mayors will attend the March under the banner “People´s Climate, Mayors Commit” and address the participants as appropriate) b) Networking Event on Financing Resilient Cities on 21 September Sunday at 18:30…