United Nations Climate Change Conference COP15

7–18 December 2009, Copenhagen, Denmark

COP15 updates

: Martin Brennan at COP15

Martin Brennan, ICLEI Oceania Deputy CEO provided COP15 Snapshots from Copenhagen as the Conference progressed.

The ICLEI Local Government Climate LOUNGE website also delivered daily updates direct from Copenhagen.

COP15 Snapshots

COP15 and local government

Leading local government associations worldwide, representing communities right around the globe, are driving the Local Government Climate Roadmap; a process that started during COP 13 in December 2007.

The Roadmap advocates for a strong and comprehensive post-2012 global climate agreement.

ICLEI's role at COP15

ICLEI – Local Governments for Sustainability was one of the key organisations coordinating the effort to ensure international climate negotiations emphasised the crucial role of cities and local governments in climate protection, and recognised this key role in the post-2012 climate regime.

Documents

ICLEI Briefing 14, COP15: what can we expect at the global and local level? [PDF 130 KB]
ICLEI Position Paper, Local Government Responses [PDF 615 KB]

Oceania delegation

Representatives from ICLEI Oceania and a number of Australian and New Zealand local governments attended COP15 to call on national delegations to recognise the work of local government.

Delegates included:

Lord Mayor Clover Moore and Monica Barone, CEO, City of Sydney, NSW
Lord Mayor Robert Doyle and Cr Cathy Oke, City of Melbourne, Vic
Mayor Kerry Prendergast and Teena Pennington – Director Strategy, Planning and Urban Design, City of Wellington, New Zealand
Cr Geoff Lake, President, Australian Local Government Association
Cr Tim Rogers and Cr Reade Smith, Shire of Mornington Peninsula, Vic
Cr John Doull, City of Greater Geelong, Vic
Andrew Macnish, CEO, Shire of Busselton, WA
Quentin Espey, Manager – Sustainability, City of Lake Macquarie, NSW
Professor Chris Ryan, Victorian Eco Innovation LAB, Melbourne University, Vic
Steve Gawler, CEO and Martin Brennan, Deputy CEO, ICLEI Oceania.

Resources for Delegates

The following documents were provided to Australian and New Zealand delegates to the UN Climate Conference in Copenhagen to inform their role as local government ambassadors.

ISF CoS Cities and Climate Change Briefing Paper [PDF, 975 KB]
Roles of Australian Cities in Addressing Climate Change
Local Government Climate RoadMap: [PDF, 120 KB]
Recognition of Role of Local Governments in the International Climate Negotiations
Local Climate Mitigation Action: [PDF, 115 KB]
From a Voluntary Initiative to a Global Mainstream Commitment

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