Photo Report: Local Government Climate Sessions
The Local Government Climate Sessions were held from 10 to 11 December 2007 in Bali, as a parallel event to the UN Climate Change Conference (COP-13). Local Government delegates from around the world discussed the role of cities and towns in climate change mitigation and adaptation in 12 focussed sessions. Over 200 delegates from 40 countries attended the event.
Have a look at the moments captured on camera during the Local Government Climate Sessions below!
For photo coverage of the individual sessions, please click on the session tabs on the left.
Local Government delegates from around the world meet in Bali
- Delegates take copies of the programme on the morning of the first day of the Sessions.
- Marco Keiner and Soraya Smaoun of UN-HABITAT, with two African participants funded by the organisation.
- Bärbel Dieckmann, Lady Mayor of Bonn, Germany, and Chair of the World Mayors Council on Climate Change.
- Participants meet and greet each other.
- Mary Jane Ortega, member of ICLEI's Advisory Council.
- Osman Asmal, from the city of Cape Town, talks with Pascal van den Noort, of the SustaInfo Group.
- Delegates chat during the coffee break.
- ICLEI President David Cadman, with Klaus Bondam, Mayor of Copenhagen, and Mikkel Aaro-Hansen, Director at the Agency for Environmental Protection in Copenhagen.
Welcome Dinner hosted by H.E. the Governor of Bali
- The dinner is held in the magnificent grounds of the residence of the Governor of Bali.
- ICLEI President David Cadman, Secretary General Konrad Otto-Zimmermann and Lady Mayor of Bonn Bärbel Dieckmann share a table with other delegates.
- The dancing begins.
- The spectacular costumes and movements of the performers enthralls the audience.
- The President and Secretary General of ICLEI, alongside Bärbel Dieckmann and other prominent members of the delegation, pose for photographs with the dancers.
- Further members of the delegation and ICLEI staff members line up for their turn to catch the camera's eye.
Reception hosted by the City of Edmonton, Canada, announcing the ICLEI World Congress 2009
- ICLEI President David Cadman (center) delivers a short speech at the reception.
- ICLEI Secretary General Konrad Otto-Zimmermann (right) shakes hands with Minister of Environment Rob Renner, Government of Alberta, Canada.
- President Cadman greets further prominent guests.
- Osman Asmal, Director of Environmental Resource Management at Cape Town City Council shakes hands with Councillor Don Iveson from Edmonton, Canada and wishes success for the ICLEI World Congress 2009 that will be hosted by Edmonton.
