On the road to Cancún
The Local Government Climate Roadmap is an advocacy journey that began at COP13 in Bali in 2007. Since then LGs have tirelessly campaigned for, and achieved, preliminary referencing to subnational and local governments by national negotiators.
This process was planned to be completed at the end of 200
9 at COP15 through the adoption of a strong, comprehensive and global, post-2012 climate regime. This regime would have also provided a solid framework for all actors to maximize their contribution to climate protection and adaptation to climate change, and for local governments in particular, as key actors in the process. Unfortunately, COP15 and the Copenhagen Accord did not meet this objective. Nevertheless, based on the actual circumstances, the leading local government organizations in particular ICLEI and UCLG, which have been actively advocating since COP13, agreed to continue the advocacy efforts and awareness-raising through COP16 and until COP17, where, an international climate deal can hopefully be adopted.
The process towards COP16
