Programme

The event took place on 10 and 11 December at the Grand Hyatt Hotel in Bali, the venue for all official side events of the UN conference. The Sessions covered a diverse range of issues related to tackling climate change at Local Government level.

 

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Overview

10 December 2007

• Opening Plenary
• Cities for Climate Protection
• Pioneering Local Adaptation
• Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) for Local Governments
• Local Renewables
• Global Alliance for EcoMobility Launch

11 December 2007

• Local Government Networking Breakfast
• Cities and Climate Risk - Roundtable
• Cities for Climate Protection Indonesia
• SustaInfo Launch
• Partnership for Local Action - Launch of ICLEI/UNEP/UNHABITAT publications
• Climate Adaptation in Local Governance, Planning and Development' - High-Level Dialogue
• Local Climate Strategies
• Cocktail Reception: Edmonton Welcomes ICLEI 2009


Further details of all the sessions:

Monday, 10 December 2007

9:30 – 10:30

Opening Plenary

Chair: Bärbel Dieckmann, Lady Mayor of Bonn, Chair World Mayors Council on Climate Change (WMCCC)

•David Cadman, President ICLEI-Local Governments for Sustainability

•Arief Yuwono, Executive Secretary, Ministry of the Environment, Republic of Indonesia

•Imma Mayol, UCLG-United Cities and Local Governments

•Shafqat Kakakhel, Deputy Executive Director, United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)

•Yorikane Masumoto, Mayor of Kyoto, Japan; Honorary Chair,   WMCCC (represented by Osamu Takahasi, Deputy Mayor, City of Kyoto)

•A. A. Gede Ngurah Puspayoga, Chairman of Regional Commisariat IV, APEKSI-Association of Indonesian Municipalities (AIM)

 

10:30 – 11:00   Coffee break


11.00 – 13:00

Cities for Climate Protection

Hosts: ICLEI CCP / UNEP

Chair: David Cadman, President, ICLEI

 
Introductory Address:
•Sylvie Lemmet, Director, UNEP-DTIE, Paris
         
Presentations:
•Michelle Wyman, Executive Director, ICLEI USA; CCP Co-Director
•Arti Mehra, Mayor, City of Delhi, India
•A. A. Gede Ngurah Puspayoga, Mayor, City of Denpasar, Indonesia
•Rocky Anderson, Mayor, Salt Lake City, UT, USA
•Zhang Xichen, Vice-Mayor, Rizhao Municipal Government, China

Discussion panel:
•Above speakers and:
•Nigel Jollands, International Energy Agency (IEA)

 

13:00 – 15:00   Lunch break


15.00 – 16:45

Pioneering Local Adaptation

Host: ICLEI CCP

Facilitator: Michelle Wyman, CCP Co-Director, ICLEI

 Presentations:
•Wayne Wescott, Regional Director, ICLEI Oceania; CCP Co-Director
•Ron Sims, Executive, King County, WA, USA
•Steve Gawler, CEO, City of Frankston, Australia
•Celine Herweijer, Principal Scientist, Risk Management Solutions, USA
•Ding Hongyan, Vice Director, City of Shenyang, China

Discussion Panel:
•Above speakers

 

CDM for Local Governments

Hosts: ICLEI Japan / Japanese Ministry of Environment

Facilitator: Hironori Hamanaka, Chair, ICLEI Japan

 
Presentations:
•Adelina C. Santos-Borja, Team Leader, Laguna Lake Development Authority, Philippines
•Pawan Kumar Sharma, Commissioner, City of Gwalior, India
•Michie Kishigami, Director, ICLEI Japan
•Diani Budiarto, Mayor, City of Bogor, Indonesia
•Osamu Takahashi, Deputy Mayor, City of Kyoto, Japan

Commentators:
•Joe Leitmann, Environment Sector Coordinator for Indonesia, World Bank
•Naoki Matsuo, Climate Experts Ltd., Japan
•Makoto Kato, Researcher, Ministry of the Environment / Overseas Environmental Cooperation Center, Japan

 

15:30 - 17:00

Local Renewables

Hosts: ICLEI / German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) / GTZ / REEEP

Facilitator: Monika Zimmermann, Director, ICLEI International Training Centre

 Introduction:
•Emani Kumar, Director, ICLEI South Asia

Keynote:
•Heidemarie Wieczorek-Zeul, Federal Minister for Economic Cooperation and Development, Germany

Presentations:
•Aparajita Sarangi, Municipal Commissioner, City of Bhubaneswar, India
•Pooja Shukla, Project Officer, ICLEI (on behalf of Sanjay Sethi, Municipal Commissioner, City of Nagpur, India)
•Edoardo Croci, Deputy Mayor for Mobility Transport and Environment, City of Milan, Italy
•Lari Pitkä-Kangas, Deputy Mayor, City of Malmö, Sweden
•Joko Widodo, Mayor, City of Surakarta, Indonesia

 

16:45 – 17:00   Coffee break


17:00 – 19:00

Global Alliance for EcoMobility Launch

Host: Global Alliance for EcoMobility

Partners: UNEP, UN-HABITAT, Shimano, Giant, Trek, Accell, Colibi,  Coliped, ETRA, Denk Engineering, Wanzl, Chariot Carriers, UITP,  IFBMA, BEN, IHPVA, IsoCaRP, FIA Foundation, ITDP, ITDP-Europe,  GTZ/SUTP, CAI-Asia Center/SUMA, I-CE, EPF, American Bike League, BFA, ECF, IFP and others

•David Cadman, President, ICLEI
•Hans van Vliet, Corporate Communications, Shimano Inc.
•Konrad Otto-Zimmermann, Secretary General, ICLEI
•Shafkat Kakhakel, Deputy Executive Director, UNEP

 Talkshow:
•Klaus Bondam, Environmental Mayor, City of Copenhagen, Denmark
•Manfred Neun, President, European Cyclists Federation (ECF)
•Maulani A. Rotinsulu, Executive Secretary of the Indonesian Disabled People Association (DPI / IDPA)
•Avi Silverman, Policy Manager, FIA Foundation
•Axumite Gebre-Egziabher, Director, UN-HABITAT, New York Office
•Marian Nieuwoudt, Councillor, City of Cape Town, South Africa
•Jeff Adams, Canadian Olympic, Paralympic and World Champion
•Sam Houston, Council Member, International Federation of Bicycle Messenger Associations
•Dan and Chris Britton, President and Senior Vice President, Chariot Carriers Inc.
•Reiner Eckert, Wanzl, Shopping Trolleys, Metallwarenfabrik GmbH
•Don Iveson, Deputy Mayor, City of Edmonton, Canada
•Manfred Breithaupt, GTZ/Sustainable Urban Transport Project
•Cornie Huizenga, Clean Air Initiative-Asia Center
•Mario Rivaldi, Betrix
•Heather Allen, Senior Manager, International Association of Public Transport (UITP)

•Entertainment:
•Indonesian Popstar "Andien"

 

20:00 – 22:00

Welcome Dinner

Venue: Residence of the Governor of Bali

Host: Governor of Bali, Indonesia

 

Tuesday, 11 December 2007

8:30 – 9:30

Local Government Networking Breakfast

Official launch of SustaInfo on behalf of the European Commission and UN-HABITAT.  SustaInfo is an online system of case studies and publications on sustainable development, selected and validated by sustainability experts.

Host: SustaInfo Consortium

 
9:30 – 11:00  

'Cities and Climate Risk' - Roundtable

Host: WMCCC

Chair: Bärbel Dieckmann, Lady Mayor, City of Bonn, Germany; Chair, WMCCC

Facilitator: Konrad Otto-Zimmermann, Secretary General, ICLEI

•Warren Evans, Sector Director, Environmental Department, World Bank
•Axumite Gebre-Egziabher, Director, UN-HABITAT, New York Office
•Bill Hare, Guest Scientist, Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK)
•Peter Höppe, Head GeoRisk, MunichRE
•Winnie Byanyima, Director, Gender Team, UNDP Bureau of Policy Development, United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)
•Sylvie Lemmet, Director, UNEP-DTIE (Division of Technology, Industry and Economics), Paris
•Armando Padilla, Councillor, City of Makati, Philippines
•Emilia Saiz, Director of Statutory Issues and Institutional Relations, United Cities and Local Governments (UCLG)

 

9:30 - 13:00

Local Climate Action in Indonesia

Hosts: ICLEI CCP / REEEP

Facilitator: Wayne Wescott, Regional Director, ICLEI Oceania


Welcome Address:
•Marsnellyarti Hilman, Deputy Minister for Nature Conservation Enhancement and Environmental Degradation Control, Indonesia

VIP Participants:
•Peter Garrett, Minister for the Environment, Heritage and the Arts, Australian Ministry for the Environment, Heritage, the Arts and Water
•Mike Allen, Consultant, REEEP
•A. A. Gede Ngurah Puspayoga, Mayor, City of Denpasar, Indonesia
•Steve Gawler, CEO, City of Frankston, Australia

Discussion Panel:
•Above speakers and:
•Marsnellyarti Hilman, Deputy Minister for Nature Conservation Enhancement and Environmental Degradation Control, Indonesia

 

11:30 - 13:00

SustaInfo Launch

Host: SustaInfo Consortium

Chair/Facilitator: Paul van Beek, Goudappel Coffeng Consulting, The Hague, Netherlands

• Marta Moreno Abat, European Commission
• Video: Katholic University Leuven, Belgium
• Ewa Ciuk, International Membership & Knowledge Officer, ICLEI
• Vanessa Foo, GHK Consulting, London, UK

Discussion Panel, moderated by:
• Paul van Beek, Goudappel Coffeng Consulting, The Hague, Netherlands

Hands on demonstration

 

13:00 – 15:00   Lunch break


15.00 – 16:30

 

Partnership for Local Action - Launch
of ICLEI / UNEP / UN-HABITAT publications

Hosts: ICLEI / UN-HABITAT / UNEP

Introduction and Facilitation: Ewa Ciuk, International Membership & Knowledge Officer, ICLEI


Local Partnerships for Sustainability
•Rob de Jong, Head, Urban Environment Unit, UNEP
•Stephen Kabuye, Mayor, City of Entebbe, Uganda
•Robinah Kazahura Achieng, Deputy Mayor, City of Jinja, Uganda

Climate Action Handbook
•Marco Keiner, Chief, Urban Environment Section, UN-HABITAT
• Arba Diallo, Mayor, City of Dori, Burkina Faso
• Leonard Bihondo, Lord Mayor, City of Mwanza, Tanzania

ecoBudget Guide
•Emani Kumar, Regional Director, ICLEI South Asia
•Vic Aquitania, Regional Director, ICLEI, South East Asia
•Juanito Cambangay, Bohol Province, Philippines

Liveable Cities:  The Benefits of Urban Environmental Planning
• Rob de Jong, Head, Urban Environment Unit, UNEP
• Osman Asmal, Director, Environmental Resource Management, City of Cape Town, South Africa

 

'Climate Adaptation in Local Governance, Planning and Development' - High-Level Dialogue

Hosts: ICLEI and United Cities and Local Governments (UCLG)

Co-Facilitators: Konrad Otto-Zimmermann, Secretary General, ICLEI
Emilia Saiz, Director of Statutory Issues and Institutional Relations, UCLG

•Prema Naidoo, Councillor and Member of the Mayoral Committee, City of Johannesburg, South Africa
•Axumite Gebre-Egziabher, Director, UN-HABITAT, New York Office
•Ibrahim Thiaw, Director, Environmental Policy Implementation, UNEP
•Ian Noble, Senior Climate Change Specialist, World Bank
•UNDP Capacity 2015
•Michelle Wyman, CCP Co-Director, ICLEI

 

16:30 – 17:00   Coffee break

 

17:00 – 18:00

Local Climate Strategies

Chairs: Bärbel Dieckmann, Lady Mayor, City of Bonn, Germany; Chair, WMCCC;  David Cadman, President, ICLEI

Part I

•Stephane Dion, Chair of COP-11 and Host of the Fourth Municipal Leaders Summit on Climate Change, Montreal, December 2005
•Rocky Anderson, Mayor, Salt Lake City, USA
•Ambika Chawla, Environmental Youth Alliance UN-HABITAT, Boulder CO, USA
•Doug Miller, GlobeScan Inc., London, UK
•Alfonso Pecoraro Scanio, Minister for Environment, Italy

Part II
•David Cadman, President, ICLEI;  Chair
•Ryszard Grobelny, Mayor, City of Poznan, Host City for COP-14
•Klaus Bondam, Environmental Mayor, City of Copenhagen, Denmark
•Imma Mayol, Deputy Mayor, City of Barcelona, Spain; UCLG
•Nicky Gavron, Deputy Mayor, City of London, UK
•Konrad Otto-Zimmermann, Secretary General, ICLEI
•David Cadman, President, ICLEI;  As chair

 

18:00 - 19:00

 

Cocktail Reception: Edmonton Welcomes ICLEI World Congress  2009