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C1 Local Climate Action in the Low-Carbon Economy in the Post-2012 Period
Date: 15/06/2009
Time: 15:00-16:30
Room: tbd
Session language: English
ICLEI is proud to be the frontrunner of mitigation of greenhouses gases through the Cities for Climate Protection Campaign implemented at the local level globally since 1993, much long before the entry intro force of both the UNFCCC and Kyoto Protocol for the national governments. But it is evident that the international climate change regime as of today does not focus on any provisions on local GHG mitigation actions.
Moreover, the two big players, Australia and USA, the regions where ICLEI-CCP was most ambitiously implemented at the same, were outside the provisions of the Kyoto Protocol, specifically the flexibility mechanisms of Kyoto Protocol such as CDM and emissions trading until 2007 and 2008.
While the national governments are considering main elements of a new international climate regime in the post-2012 period, there are serious interests from the local governments to be more appropriately engaged and from the business community to integrate “urban carbons“ as a new element of the global carbon markets.
Thus, the session was designed as a brainstorming session to develop innovative approaches for the design of the climate mitigation campaigns, in response to the new developments within and outside the ICLEI Community in the near future.
Introduction | Yunus Arikan, Manager, Cities Climate Center, ICLEI Bonn Center, Germany |
C3 How to Succeed at the Local Renewables Process
Date: 15/06/2009
Time: 15:00-16:30
Room: tbd
Session language: English
The session highlighted urban renewable energy successes at three different phases of implementation. The aim was to illustrate the process that cities participating in the Local Renewables Initiative go through. The session was open to all congress participants, especially targeting cities interested in joining the project. Other targeted cities were invited to attend the session, and all LR project cities present at the world congress attended the session.
Facilitator | Paula Gabriela Freitas, Project Officer, ICLEI Latin America & Caribbean Secr., Brazil |
Introduction | Monika Zimmermann, Director, ICLEI International Training Centre, Germany Global Status Report on Local Renewable Energy Policies [presentation] Explicit local policies on renewable energy can be found on each continent. A brand new survey offers first figures. |
Introduction | Emani Kumar, Executive Director, ICLEI South Asia Secretariat, India [presentation] ICLEI's Local Renewables Initiative - What Model Cities Do |
Presenter | Aparajita Sarangi, Commissioner, Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation, India [presentation] Bhubaneswar. Results and Success from One of the First Indian Model Communities Bhubaneswa has developed a policy on RE, is involving local and regional stakeholders for the implementation, has established a RE Resource Centre and installed demonstration projects - first successes can be reported. |
Presenter | Åsa Karlsson Björkmarker, Member of the Executive Board, City of Växjö, Sweden [presentation] Växjö Becoming Fossil Fuel Free - A Model for Other Cities and Towns Växjö has increased its share of renewable energy to 54 % - how has a small community achieved this success? |
Presenter | Geraldo da Conceição Antunes, Environment Secretary of Betim, Municipality of Betim, Brazil [presentation] Betim - A Model City in Brazil The promotion of renewable energy in Betim includes involving the public, outreach to the poor, promoting solar water heaters and energy efficient lighting, and much more |
Statement | Rituraj Borah, Senior Project Officer, Energy&Climate, ICLEI South Asia Secretariat, India |
Recommended Reading: |
Renewable City: A Comprehensive Guide to an Urban Revolution. Peter Droege. Wiley Academy, Chichester, England. 2006. |
C4 Managing Urban Stormwater and Floods through an Integrated Approach
Date: 15/06/2009
Time: 15:00-16:30
Room: tbd
Session language: English
In conventional approaches, stormwater has been recognized as a ‘nuisance’ that needs to be removed from urban areas as quickly as possible. Modern urban water management, however, regards stormwater as a precious resource that can contribute to water supply and improve the status of aquifers, waterways, vegetation and local biodiversity.
In an integrated approach, flood management techniques can also partly be based on sustainable urban drainage systems and other innovative arrangements for storm water management. However, integration also goes far beyond the water area and is closely linked to, e.g., land-use planning, housing, green space development and even social issues.
This session was based on the preliminary results of the project SWITCH – Managing Water for the City of the Future (part-funded by the European Commission, Directorate General Research). Implemented between 2006 and 2011 and led by UNESCO-IHE, SWITCH consists of a project consortium of more than 30 organisations, including ICLEI.
SWITCH aims at developing sustainable urban water systems through a combination of research, technological development, demonstration activities and training within a Learning Alliance framework. Learning Alliances are stakeholder platforms designed to break down barriers to information sharing, thus speeding up the process of uptake and innovation.
The objective of this session was to increase interest in integrated solutions to storm water and flood management that have been developed and tested by the SWITCH project.
Facilitator | Prof. Rae Mackay, Professor of Hydrogeology, School of Geography, Earth & Environmental Sciences, University of Birmingham, UK |
Introduction | Prof. Rae Mackay, Professor of Hydrogeology, School of Geography, Earth & Environmental Sciences, University of Birmingham, UK Managing Urban Stormwater and Floods Through an Integrated Approach Storm water presents a valuable resource as well as a hazard. Managing storm water and flooding in urban environments presents technical challenges that must be embraced within the wider context of urban water management using integrated approaches. [presentation] |
Presenter | Sonja Knauer, Municipality of Belo Horizonte, Brazil Belo Horizonte: Integrating Stormwater Management with Sanitation, Urban Planning and Social Policies [presentation] In Belo Horizonte, specifically in relation to water management, the Drenurbs Program (Environmental Recovery of Belo Horizonte) and the SWITCH Project became a real possibility to reverse the degradation of urban waters using Learning Alliances approaches. |
Presenter | David Schofield, ARUP, Birmingham, UK Managing Surface Water in the Urban Environment [presentation] With homage to Brundtland’s inspirational definition: Sustainable drainage is drainage that meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs. |
Recommended Reading: |
Water Sensitive Urban Design – results and principles. Prof. Heike Langenbach, Jochen Eckart, Gerko Schröder (HafenCity University Hamburg), November 2008 |
Urban Stormwater Management Projects in Belo Horizonte. Nilo Nascimento, Marcos von Sperling, Luciano Vieira, André Silva, Martin Seidl, Paulo de Castro Vieira (Federal University of Minas Gerais – UFMG), November 2008 |
Risk Assessment and Control Approaches for Stormwater Flood and Pollution Management. Bryan Ellis, Lian Scholes, Michael Revitt and Christophe Viavattene (Middlesex University), November 2008 |
Modelling stormwater and evaluating potential solutions. Heiko Sieker, Christian Peters, Harald Sommer (Ingenieurgesellschaft Prof. Dr. Sieker mbH), November 2008 |
Risk Assessment and Control Approaches for Stormwater Flood and Pollution Management. Bryan Ellis, Lian Scholes, Michael Revitt and Christophe Viavattene (Middlesex University), November 2008 |
Sustainable urban drainage. Mike Revitt (Middlesex University), November 2008 |
Predicting rainfall for the city of the future. Xavier Beuchat, Marc Soutter (EPFL), November 2008 |
Developing a framework for sustainable stormwater management. Bryan Ellis, Lian Scholes, Brian Shutes and Mike Revitt (Middlesex University), November 2008 |
Inaugural green roof research in Birmingham, UK: configuration and preliminary results. Adam Bates, Richard Greswell, Rae Mackay, Jon Sadler, John Tellam (2007) |
C5 Biodiversity Management: How to Improve Implementation at the Local Level
Date: 15/06/2009
Time: 15:00-16:30
Room: tbd
Session language: English
Good biodiversity management at the local level leads to a variety of ecological, social and economic benefits. The 3-year Local Action for Biodiversity project has involved the testing of a 5 step methodology;
lessons learned were shared:
- What can local governments do to improve their biodiversity and its management?
- How can they best integrate their biodiversity activities into planning and decision making procedures?
- How can they mainstream biodiversity instead of biodiversity management being isolated from other functions of local government?
- How to best balance the improvement of activities within the administration (e.g. biodiversity policy improvement or green procurement) with publicly more visible and popular activities (e.g. bird conservation protection beautification of recreational areas)
The objective of this session was to motivate many more local governments to start biodiversity activities based on the experiences of LAB cities.
Moderator | Stephen Granger, Manager: Major Projects and Programs, City of Cape Town, South Africa |
Introduction | Stephen Granger, Manager: Major Projects and Programs, City of Cape Town, South Africa [presentation] |
Presenter | Andre MADER, LAB Project Team, Biodiversity Strategy Coordinator, ICLEI Africa Implementation and Innovation by Leading Local Governments: the LAB Pioneers [presentation] |
Presenter | David Uushona, Manager, Solid Waste & Environment, Municipality of Walvis Bay, Namibia The Challenges of Cooperative Biodiversity Management in Walvis Bay The Municipality of Walvis Bay is faced with the planning, development and implementation of a Local Biodiversity Strategy and Action Plan involving a number of various stakeholders each with individual interests, capabilities, agendas and expectations. |
Presenter | Machteld Gryseels, Director Division Nature, Water&Forest, Brussels Environment, Bruxelles, Belgium Biodiversity Management in the Belgian Context: Examples from Brussels [presentation] |
Recommended Reading: |
Local Action for Biodiversity (LAB) website: www.iclei.org/lab |
C6 Sustainability Reporting
Date: 15/06/2009
Time: 15:00-16:30
Room: tbd
Session language: English
Cities around the world use sustainability reporting. Connected to the Global Reporting initiative, ICLEI members have developed, introduced and fine-tuned Triple Bottom Line Reporting as support to political decision making. Which lessons have been learned and how have they been integrated in local practice? ICLEI members shared activities and achievements over the past years, reviewed progress, transfered information and exchanged ideas.
Moderator | Megan Jamieson,Director, ICLEI Canada Office, ICLEI Canada |
Introduction | Megan Jamieson,ICLEI Canada Importance of Sustainability Reporting for Local Governments |
Presenter |
Ross Cope, Principal Officer, Corp.Sustainability, Brisbane City Council, Brisbane, Australia Sustainability Reporting at Brisbane City Council Brisbane City Council commenced sustainability reporting in 2007, with a goal of being at best practice within 3 years. Council has now prepared 2 sustainability reports. This presentation will describe the journey so far and some of the insights gained. |
Presenter | Ralph Drew, Director, Metro Vancouver, Mayor, Village of Belcarra, Canada |
Presenter | Craig Buttler, Director, Penrith City Council, Australia [presentation] |
Presenter | David Day, Director, City of Calgary, Canada Carolyn Bowen, Manager, Environment & Safety Management, City of Calgary, Canada Triple Bottom Line Reporting – a Policy Tool |
Presenter | Lee Sang-Myung, Department of Environment and Welfare, Suwon City, Republic of Korea Suwon’s Survey on Ecological Footprint and Effort to Reduce its Footprint |
C7 Participatory Governance (2) Planning - Participation - Policy-making
Date: 15/06/2009
Time: 15:00-16:30
Room: tbd
Session language: English
Where has ICLEI's first and best-known idea - Local Agenda 21 - developed? Does participatory local action planning still offer an answer to the challenges faced on our way towards sustainable cities? Which lessons have been learned and how have they been integrated in local practice? ICLEI members share activities and achievements over the past years, review progress, transfer information and exchange ideas. Major projects, relevant themes, joint initiatives will be discussed.
Facilitator | Edgar Villasenor Franco, ICLEI Mexico Office, Mexico City |
Presenter | Danielle Lussier, Team Director, City of Montreal, Canada [presentation] Montreal's First Strategic Plan for Sustainable Development: An Original Participatory Approach |
Presenter | Patricia KRANZ, Associated Consultant, ICLEI LACS, Brazil How a Major Enterprise is Using LA21 to Communicate with Local Governments and Society PETROBRAS sponsored LA21 processes in 15 municipalities. The resulting Action Plans will guide their Social Responsibility actions, influence their production chain and be used to inform licensing adjustment requirements. |
Presenter | Agate Goyarrola Ugalde, Technical Secreteriat IHOBE, UDALSAREA 21, Spain Guidance and Coordination of LA21 Processes on the Regional Level - The Example of the Basque Country (Spain) |
C8 Cities and Communities Respond to Climate Change: Adaptation Examples from around the World
Date: 15/06/2009
Time: 15:00-16:30
Session language: English
This session provided a roundtable for exchange of practical action on local climate change adaptation responses. The featured examples from around the world illustrated how local governments addressed the challenges and opportunities arising from climate change, and how communities and other local government stakeholders responded to different climate change risks.
The session objective was to share leading, tested approaches to local adaptation planning and implementation, to inspire a transfer of good practice across local and national borders. This roundtable style session drew on brief presentations from local government leaders from developed and developing nations to set-off discussions among participants on the challenges, barriers, opportunities and lessons learnt on adaptation and resilience planning.
Facilitator | Hartmut FÜNFGELD, Manager Climate Change Adaptation, ICLEI Oceania Secretariat, Australia [presentation] |
Introduction | Ewa CIUK, Program Coordinator, ICLEI Canada Office, Canada [presentation] |
Case Study | Angela Danyluk, Senior Environmental Officer, Corporation of Delta, Delta, Canada Delta's Response to a Changing Climate [presentation] |
Case Study | Alex Fearnside, Team Leader Sustainability, City of Melbourne, Australia Developing the City of Melbourne’s Climate Adaptation Strategy |
Case Study | Eiko Aoki, Itabashi City (Tokyo), Itabashi City, Japan Itabashi City’s Experiences with the ‘Green Curtain’ Movement [presentation] |
Case Study | Peter Teichmann, Project Leader REGKLAM, City of Dresden, Dresden, Germany Dresden's Path Towards an Integrated Regional Climate Change Adaptation Program [presentation] |
Case Study | Debra Roberts, Head Environmental Management Department, Ethekwini Municipality: Durban, Durban, South Africa Local Action for a Resilient City: Climate Change Adaptation in Durban, South Africa [presentation] |
C9 The Procura+ Sustainable Procurement Campaign
Date: 15/06/2009
Time: 15:00-16:30
Room: tbd
Session language: English
Learn how Procura+ can support you in your region. The Procura+ Sustainable Procurement Campaign was established in Europe by the ICLEI European Secretariat in 2004. Since then participants have been sharing best practise, supporting each other in implementing sustainable procurement in day-to-day tendering and joining forces to promote their work towards policy makers and international institutions on an international level.
As of April 2009 there are 28 participants working closely together, meeting and discussing actual topics such as innovation and procurement at annual Procura+ seminars and implementing pilot projects together. With increasing interest from all around the world in the work of the Procura+ Campaign, in this session the Campaign Management invited conference delegates to discuss if and how Procura+ can go global. Key contributors introduced the Campaign benefits, presented first ideas for introduction to other regions (South Africa, Latin America) and how links could be established to other major networks working on sustainable procurement.
Facilitator | Philipp Tepper, Procura+ Campaign Manager, ICLEI European Secretariat, Germany [presentation] |
Presenter | Mark Hidson, Director Sustainable Procurement, ICLEI European Secretariat, Germany The Procura+ Sustainable Procurement Campaign and Related Initiatives –Review and Outlook [presentation] |
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Recommended Reading: |
C10 Cycling Cities: Creating a bicycle friendly environment
Date: 15/06/2009
Time: 15:00-16:30
Room: tbd
Session language: English
Improving the infrastructure of a city or town to promote bicycling is a relatively inexpensive, small-scale change that supports alternative transportation and can bring immediate benefits.
Better cycling infrastructure can also save lives by creating safer conditions for cyclists and as a direct consequence improve the safety of all other road users.
During this session, participants discussed which measures need to be put in place by a local government to make cycling safer and more comfortable and thus encourage people to use bikes more frequently.
The session was organised in the wake of Craig Haskin. Craig was the Manager for Strategic Information and Planning of the City of Cape T own and thus a warm partner to ICLEI for climate projects and the World Congress 2006. Craig lost his life with 40 years in February 2009 when he was cycling and hit by car, driven by an unlicensed driver.
Facilitator | Piet Van Zyl, Executive Director, City of Cape Town, South Africa [presentation] |
Presenter | Sheila Watson, Director of Environment, FIA-Foundation for Automobile & Society, United Kingdom The "10% Rule to Improve Road Safety” [presentation] This joint project of the FIA Foundation and UNEP motivates for spending 10% of all road infrastructure projects supported by bilateral and multilateral donors to be committed to road safety, including bike paths |
Presenter | Jason Deller, Principal Engineer, Moreton Bay Regional Council, Australia Moreton Bay Regional Council's Award-winning Road Safety Project [presentation] This presentation traces the journey taken to develop a multi-agency Road Safety Partnership Project to reduce road trauma at the local government ‘grass roots’ level across all travel modes through infrastructure and behaviour changes initiatives. |
Presenter | Alfredo Syrkis, Leader of the Green Group, Rio City Council, Brazil The Rio de Janeiro Experience: A Bicycle Networking in a Heavily Motorized Culture Rio´s experience: building Brazil´s largest bicycle paths network in an automobile dominated culture. The political and practical challanges of non-motorized mobility in magacities in the South. |
Presenter | Michael Heesch, Head of Planning & Urban Development, City of Hannover, Germany Hannover - Masterplan Mobility [presentation] The new Masterplan Mobility puts a strong priority on cycling and lays the ground for measures to improve security of innercity cycling. |
Rapporteur | Verónica Pérez Sueiro, Advocacy and PR Coordinator, Global Alliance for EcoMobility, Germany [presentation] |
Recommended Reading: |
http://www.unep.org/urban_environment/events/capetownFIA.asp |
http://www.unep.org/urban_environment/PDFs/MakeRoadsSafeCapeTown.pdf
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