Workshop on pre-2020 ambition: urbanization and the role of governments in facilitating climate action in cities

Agenda

16.00 – 16.20 Opening session

Opening of the workshop by ADP co-chairs

• Opening remarks by facilitator H. E. Mr. Burhan Gafoor   
• Introductory presentation by Mr. Yunus Arikan, Head of Global Policy and Advocacy, ICLEI
• Key note address by Ms. Karin Kemper, Director for Climate Change, World Bank

16.20 – 17.30 Panel 1: Sustainable transport policies and their climate change benefits

Keynote presentation by Mr. Cornie Huizenga, Co-Convener, Partnership on Sustainable, Low Carbon Transport (SLoCaT)

Panellists:

• Mr. Juan Camilo Florentino, Environmental Affairs Advisor, Urban Sustainable Mobility Unit, Ministry of Transport, Colombia.
• Professor Jiang Kejun, Director of Energy Research Institute, National Development Reform Council, China
• Mr. Michal Olszewski, Deputy Mayor, Warsaw
• Ms. Christine Ogut, Planning Manager, Kenya Urban Roads Authority

Questions and answers

General discussion

17.30 – 18.45 Panel 2: Policies in building sector and their climate change benefits

Keynote presentation by Mr Mohamed El-Soufi, Coordinator, Global Housing Strategy, UN Habitat

Panellists:

• Dr. Savvas Verdis, Urban Infrastructure Economist, Siemens (WBCSD)
• Mr. James Drinkwater, Senior Policy Advisor for the Europe Regional Network, World Green Buildings Council
• Ms. Ines Lockhart, Senior Technical Advisor  for Climate Change, City of Buenos Aires
• Mr. Cheah Sin Liang, Deputy Director, National Climate Change Secretariat, Singapore
• Questions and answers

General discussion

18.45 – 19.00 Concluding remarks by facilitator H. E. Mr. Burhan Gafoor

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