Opening Ceremony in Lichen-Stary (15.00-16.00)

Chair: Professor Piotr Tryjanowski,  Institute of Environmental Biology, Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznan, Poland

• Maciej Nowicki, Minister of the Environment, Poland 
• Ryszard Grobelny, Mayor, City of Poznan and President of the Association of Polish Cities, Poland
• Kazimierz Palasz, Mayor, City of Konin, Poland
• Krysyna Poslednia, Member of the Board, Wielkopolska Region, Poland
• Zdzislaw Krajewski, Director of the Regional Inspection of Environment Protection, Ministry for the Environment, Poland
• Wladyslaw J. Majka, Vice-President of the Board, The National Fund for Environmental Protection and Water Management, Poland
• Stephen Kabuye, Mayor, City of Entebbe, Uganda, and Vice-President,  ICLEI – Local Governments for Sustainability

Messages from local and regional government in light of COP 14 (16.30-18.30

Chair: Emilio D’Alessio, Deputy Mayor, City of Ancona, Italy

Reports:

• Prof. Hironori Hamanaka, Chair, Board of Directors, IGES / Keio University and  former Vice-Minister for Global Environmental Affairs, Ministry of the Environment, Japan
• Ronan Dantec, Vice-President, Communauté Urbaine Nantes, France and Chair of Climate Working Group, Eurocities

Messages:

• David Cadman, Councillor, City of Vancouver, Canada and President of ICLEI – Local Governments for Sustainability
• Karl-Ludwig Schibel, Director, Fair of Practical Utopias, City of Città di Castello, Italy, Executive Board Member, Climate Alliance 
• Zbigniew Michniowski, Deputy Mayor, City of Bielsko-Biala, Vice-President of Energie-Cités, and President of Energie-Cités
• Andrzej Pietrasik, Mayor, Town of Plonsk, winner of European Parliament “Globe Energy” Award, Poland 
• Hansa Patel, Executive Director, All India Institute of Local Self-Government, Vadodara, India
• Kinzang Norbu, Mayor, Phuentsholing City Corporation, Bhutan

The perception of decision-makers on climate change:

• Eric Whan, Director, SD and Environmental Issues, GlobeScan Incorporated, Toronto, Canada

Poznan Opening Plenary (10.00–11.30)

Chair: Lisbeth Iversten,Councillor for Climate, Environment and Urban Development, City of Bergen, Norway

• Ryszard Grobelny, Mayor of Poznan, Poland and  President of the Association of Polish Cities

Why are Local Governments indispensable actors to combat global warming

• Bärbel Dieckmann, Mayor, City of Bonn, Germany and Chair of World Mayors Council on Climate Change (WMCCC) Listen to this speech 

Local Governments are key partners for the post-2012 climate agreement

• David Cadman, Councillor, City of Vancouver, Canada and President of ICLEI Listen to this speech

Transport the missing part in the Climate Negotiations

• Dr. Pachauri, Chairman of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
  Listen to this speech  
• Konrad Von Ritter, Sector Manager, World Bank Institute, Sustainable Development Division Listen to this speech

Local Governments as partners are welcome

• Yvo de Boer, Executive Secretary, UNFCCC Listen to this speech
• Sylvie Lemmet, Director of Division, Division of Technology, Industry and Economics, UNEP Listen to this speech 
• Juan Elvira, Minister for the Environment, Mexico Listen to this speech

Parallel Sessions

B. Local Strategies and Actions

Session A.1 (12.00-13.30)

Local Governments are key actors for mitigation –  An offer for partnership with national governments

• Gino Van Begin, Deputy Secretary General, ICLEI
• Emilia Saiz, Director Institutional Relations, UCLG
• Rachel Biderman Furriela, Vice Coordinator, Centro  Estudos em Sustentabilidade, Brazil

Local Government Key Examples:

• Klaus Bondam, Mayor of Copenhagen, Denmark Presentation
• Nandkumar Jantre, Municipal Commissioner of Thane, India Presentation
• Flavio Goldman, Deputy Secretary for International Relations, Sao Paulo, Brazil
  Presentation Listen to this speech

Guests:

• Raf Tuts, Chief Urban Environmental Planning, UN-Habitat, Kenya 
  Listen to this speech
• Lamia Kamal-Chaoui, Head Urban Development Programme, OECD,  France Listen to this speech

National Government Representative:

• Alicia Montalvo, General Director, Spanish Climate Change Office, Ministry of Environment, Spain
  Presentation Listen to this speech

Session B.1 (12.00-13.30)

Global platform on risk prevention and resilience planning

Facilitator:

• Edgardo Bilsky, Director of Programmes and Research, UCLG Presentation

Interventions:

• Damien Careme, Mayor of Grande-Synthe, Vice-President the Urban Agglomeration of Dunkerque, France Presentation
• Lisbeth Iversten, Councillor for Climate, Environment and Urban Development, City of Bergen, Norway Presentation
• Jed Patrick Escalante Mabilog, Vice-Mayor, City of Iloilo, Philippines Presentation
• Margaret Arnold, Head of ProVention Consortium Presentation
• Victorino Aquitania, Regional Director, ICLEI Southeast Asia Secretariat

Session A.2 (15.00-16.30)

Adaptation

Introduction:

• Martin Brennan, Deputy CEO, ICLEI Oceania
• Saleem Huq, Head of Climate Change, International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED)

Local Governments Key Examples:

• Marian Jallron Nieuwoudt, Councillor, Cape Town, South Africa
  Presentation Listen to this speech
• Gregg Oelofse, Head of the Environmental Policy and Strategy, Cape Town, South Africa
• Martin Brennan, Deputy CEO, ICLEI Oceania
  Presentation Listen to this speech

National Government Representative

• Penny Wong, Minister for Climate Change, Australia
  Listen to this speech

Session B.2 (15.00-16.30)

Local governments  undertake climate action – Commitments, targets, implementation

Facilitator:

• Emilio D’Alessio, Deputy Mayor, City of Ancona, Italy

Mayors and Experts:

• Prof. Tsuneo Takeuchi, Graduate School of Environmental Studies, Nagoya Univeresity & Kae Murakami, Responsible for climate protection, Hiroshima, Japan Presentation
• Ajay Kumar Shankarrao Mankar, Executive Engineer, Nagpur Municipal Corporation, India
• Diani Budiarto, Mayor of Bogor, Indonesia
• Bruno Charles, in charge of Sustainable Development and Climate Plan, Vice-President, Grand Lyon, France (on behalf of the Association of French Large Cities Mayors - AMGVF)
• Ravi R.Guru, ICLEI South Asia Secretariat Presentation
• Jas Singh, Senior Energy Efficiency Specialist, The World Bank Presentation
• Nigel Jollands, Principal Administrator, Energy Efficiency and Environment Division, International Energy Agency Presentation

Plenary Session (17.00–18.15)

Facilitator: Zbigniew Michniowski, President of Energie-Cités Poland and Vice-President of Energie-Cités Presentation

• Brice Lalonde, Ambassador for Climate Change, France, EU Presidency
• Edoardo Croci, Deputy Mayor for Mobility Transport and Environment, City of Milan, Italy
• Ronan Dantec, Vice President, Communauté Urbaine Nantes, France
• Karl-Ludwig Schibel, Director, Fair of Practical Utopias, City of Città di Castello, Italy, and Executive Board Member of Climate Alliance
• Gerard Magnin, Executive Director of Energie-Cités
• Kate Smith, LGA Senior Project Officer, CEMR
• Pedro Ballesteros, Principal Administrator, Unit D3, DG TREN, European Commission

Offical UNFCCC Side Event (19.30–21:00)
Local Government Climate Roadmap 

Parallel Sessions 

B. Local Strategies and Actions

Session A.3 (9.30-11.00)

Carbon Trading

Facilitator:

• Andy Johnston, Head of the Center for Local Sustainability, Local Government Information Unit, UK Presentation
  

Panellists:

• Gemma Roberts, Policy Analyst, Centre for Local Sustainability Local Government Information Unit, UK Presentation
• Yushi Mizuno, Manager, Market Mechanism Project, IGES, Japan Presentation
• Oguz Can, Istanbul Waste Company (ISTAC), Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality, Turkey Presentation

Session B.3 (9.30-11.00)

Climate change, emerging economies & developing countries – an issue of climate justice

Facilitator:

• Laura Valente, Regional Director, ICLEI Latin America and Caribbean Secretariat, Buenos Aires

Experts and guests:

• Sivan Kartha, Stockholm Environment Institute, Tufts University Presentation
• Klaus Hubacek, Expert, University of Leeds, Consumption-based approach (CBA) for mitigation of GHG emissions Presentation
• Raf Tuts, Chief, Training and Capacity-Building Branch, UN-Habitat, Nairobi, Kenya Presentation
• Luis Henrique Daldegan, State Secretary for the Environment, Secretariat of the Environment,  State of Mato Grosso, Brazil Presentation
• Karl-Ludwig Schibel, Director, Fair of Practical Utopias, City of Città di Castello, Italy, and Executive Board Member of Climate Alliance Presentation

Session A.4 (11.30-13.00)

CDM & Access to Finance

Facilitator:

• Emilia Saiz, Director of Institutional Relations, UCLG

Panellists:

• Flavio Goldman, Deputy Secretary for International Relations, Municipal Government of Sao Paulo, Brazil Presentation
• Alpana Mehul Mitra, Civil Engineer and Officer on Special Duty, Rajkot Municipal Corporation, India Presentation
• Sulistyowati, Assistant Deputy for Climate Change Impact Control, Ministry of Environment, Indonesia Presentation
• Wladyslaw J. Majka, Vice-President of the Board, The National Fund for Environmental Protection and Water Management, Poland Presentation
  
  

Session B.4 (11.30-13.00)

Local Renewables – Solutions for the future! How to best anchor these in a post-2012 climate agreement

Facilitator:

• Monika Zimmermann, Director, International Training Centre, ICLEI

Guests:

• Virginia Sonntag-O’Brien, Director, REN21-Renewable Energy Policy Network for the 21st Century, Paris
• Stefan Gsänger, Secretary General , World Wind Energy Association, Bonn Presentation

Examples from advanced cities:

• State Government of Amazones: Luís Henrique Piva, Coordinator of the State Center for Climate Change, State Center for Climate Change, State Government of Amazonas, Brazil Presentation
• Nagpur: Mohammed Israil, Deputy Engineer, Nagpur Municipal Corporation, Nagpur, India Presentation
• Malmö: Dagmar Gormsen, Energy and Climate Strategist, Environmental Department, City of Malmö, Sweden Presentation
• Poznań: Ryszard Grobelny, Mayor, City of Poznań, Poland
• Yokohama: Mika Obayashi, Board of ISEP, Japan
• Osnabrück: Detlev Gerdts, City of Osnabrück, Germany: Sun Area Osnabrück Presentation
• Local Renewables Model Communities: Maryke van Staden, Climate Coordinator, ICLEI European Secretariat Presentation

Closing Plenary (15.00–16.30)

Faciliator: Konrad Otto-Zimmermann, Secretary General of ICLEI – Local Governments for Sustainability

Summary of the Poznan Local Government Climate Sessions:

• David Cadman, and Councillor, City of Vancouver, Canada, and  President of ICLEI – Local Governments for Sustainability 

How to best anchor the Local Government Climate Roadmap - Update on the status of negotiations

• Professor Jerzy Buzek, former Prime Minister of the Republic of Poland and Member of the European Parliament Presentation Listen to this speech

Highlights of the event "Transport and Climate: An Urgent Call for Action"

• Sergio Sanchez, Clean Air Institute Presentation

Local Government on the way towards COP 15

• Bärbel Dieckmann, Lady Mayor, City of Bonn, Germany
• Flavio Goldman, Deputy Secretary for International Relations, Municipal Government of Sao Paulo, Brazil
• Nandkumar Jantre, Municipal Commissioner, Thane Municipal Corporation, Thane, India

Parties' representatives comments

• Patali Champika Ranawaka, Minister, Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources, Sri Lanka Presentation

Rendez-vous at COP 15 Copenhagen

• Klaus Bondam, Environmental Mayor, City of Copenhagen, Denmark

Closing

• Andrzej Porawski, Executive Director, Association of Polish Cities