The Local Government Climate Roadmap is an advocacy journey that began at the Local Government Climate Sessions, held in parallel to the COP13, in Bali, in 2007.

The Local Government Climate Roadmap aimed to voice local authorities worldwide, mirroring the launch of the United Nations Climate Change Conference Climate Roadmap, designed for nations, in determining a global action plan towards a post-Kyoto framework on climate change for the period after 2012.

Since then, and through the negotiations at COP 14 in Poznan, Poland, in 2008, LGs have tirelessly campaigned, and obtained, preliminary referencing to subnational and local governments by national negotiators.

The process was planned to be completed at the end of 2009 at COP15 in Copenhagen, 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.

When COP15 did not result in the desired climate agreement, ICLEI and UCLG, leading local government organizations, agreed on continuing the Roadmap process of advocacy and awareness rising through COP16 and towards COP17.Read more...

• LG at UNFCCC Negotiations
• Partners of the Local Government Climate Roadmap