From left to right: Nangula Amutenya, WBM Environmental coordinator, Honourable Mayor Derek Klazen of Walvis Bay; Kobie Brand, ICLEI Africa's Regional Director; Monica Thompson, WBM Environmental Officer; Lucinda Fairhurst, ICLEI Africa's Climate Change Adaptation and DRR Manager; David Uushona, Solid Waste and Environmental Manager for Walvis Bay Municipality.

 

Walvis Bay wins ICLEI's climate change adaptation competition!

2011/08/24

Walvis Bay Municipality in Namibia was declared winner of the inaugural ICLEI Africa Five City Network Project competition, entitled "Save Your City: Adapt to Climate Change" on Tuesday 23 August 2011 at the Waterfront Dinner hosted by Walvis Bay Municipality.


The competition was funded by the Department for International Development (DFID) in the UK and the International Development Research Centre (IDRC) through the CCAA programme. The competition promoted climate adaption through a variety of different means. From local action to research and participation, a group of five cities - Walvis Bay, Namibia; Cape Town, South Africa; Maputo, Mozambique; Dar es Salaam, Tanzania and Port Louis, Mauritius – were open to winning much needed funding.

The award was presented to the Mayor of Walvis Bay, Councillor Derek Klazen, by Ms Kobie Brand, Regional Director of ICLEI Africa at the Waterfront Dinner of the African Mayors Climate Change Declaration Conference and Namibian Mayors Forum AGM event on Monday 22 August. The conference, taking place from 22-24 August 2011, is hosted by the Municipality of Walvis Bay in partnership with ICLEI Africa, UN-Habitat and MET – NACOMA Project and will provide an ideal platform for local and national authorities and their partners to exchange ideas and to strengthen their knowledge, awareness and roles on climate change issues. It will also serve as a key preparatory opportunity for Namibia’s local and national authorities and their partners for participation and representation at the UNFCCC COP17 meetings and associated events to be held in Durban, South Africa in November this year.