18-20 May 2009, Brasilia, Brazil

This event united leading actors in the struggle against global warming in the Brazilian capital, Brasilia, to discuss issues related to climate change and sustainable consumption. The Journey aimed at effectively engaging Brazilian local governments in the implementation of public policies to combat global warming.

Large participation in the event included not only senior representatives from academia, civil society, the business sector and international experts, but also high-level representatives form all government levels, such as the Head of the Brazilian Delegation to COP15 (the Ministry of Foreign Affairs) and the Ministry of Science and Technology. In total, the journey gathered more than 300 participants.

During the event, the role of cities on climate change and in the Roadmap process, concrete sub-national and local governments actions and the Brazilian position on climate negotiations were presented and discussed. Participants advocated the importance of sustainable building practices within the next national government programme for the construction of social housing units and other major infrastructure projects.

Furthermore, the Portuguese version of the Draft Text for a COP Decision on Cities, Local Authorities and Climate Change was presented to the representative head of the Brazilian Delegation to COP 15.

ICLEI Latin American and Carribean Secretariat (ICLEI LACS) officially formed a partnership with the Brazilian National Confederation of Municipalities (CNM) and the 1st Municipality from the Amazon Region, the Municipality of frontier called Apui, became member of ICLEI during the event.

The event was hosted by ICLEI LACS, in conjunction with its partners.

For more information (in Portuguese), please click here.