Quelimane Mayor Manuel de Araujo represented the LGMA Constituency at the Global Stocktake, informing them that Sustainable urbanization and multilevel action are beacons-of-hope to drive global climate action into "emergency mode". ICLEI sincerely believes this innovative #Stocktake4ClimateEmergency exercise in 2023 will introduce the much needed momentum.
Read the IISD/ENB coverage of 10 November's negotiations.
How Cities and Regions engaged on Youth Day
ICLEI's Vision on Youth Engagement in Global Climate Action
ICLEI believes in youth being heard in the climate debate at all levels, mobilizing millions of peers, creating worldwide movements that claim priority of climate action in political agendas, and demanding governments at all levels to acknowledge and respond to the global climate emergency.
Urban Africa in Action - Youth Special
Disenfranchisement of young people is the biggest barrier to achieving resilience because if we are not equipping the youth to contribute to society, to push boundaries, and to set the terms of the societies that they will inherit, we will not be building the cities we want. Let us not dismiss youth as outsider activists and antagonists, but create the space to welcome their critique, their legitimate outrage, and their voice.
DECLARATION OF RABAT-SALÉ-KÉNITRA of Subnational Governments towards COP27
This declaration by Regions4 and partners gathers the key messages that 45 regional governments from across the globe are taking to the negotiation table at COP27. They advocate for driving transformative action for the planet, people and prosperity for a resilient future.
Regions4 also released their RegionsAdapt Progress Report 2021-2022, which provides a unique picture of the progress of regional governments towards adaptation and resilience, and informs their progress in the Race to Resilience campaign and other global processes on climate.
Signature of the carta de Sinai
At COP27, ICLEI facilitated an exchange between representatives of Portuguese-speaking Members from Brazil and Mozambique. The outcomes are captured in the carta de Sinai (Sinai Charter), in which they agreed to strengthen the cooperation between Portuguese speaking communities across the world, especially to regularly exchange on topics such as urban food systems and mobility.
Building on the prominent role of cities, the session aims to raise awareness on the urgency of investing at the local level, and call for action to unlock and accelerate the flow of the needed funding. The session will also feature finance instruments and approaches that could play a critical role in financing climate emergency.
Post Stockholm Governors Climate Summit
The objective of the post-Stockholm climate summit will be to bring together in Sharm El Sheikh the governors of provinces, states or regions worldwide to announce the Compact of Governors, Race to Finance, Race to Conservation and Race to Constitution initiatives under the chairmanship of Samuel Garcia Sepulveda, Governor of Nuevo Leon (Mexico).
Ensuring Healthy Diets for All in face of a Warming Planet
Current diets are unsustainable and exacerbate global warming, while climate change threatens the equitable achievement of good nutrition. Hosted at the Room Khufu, this event will examine food, nutrition and climate change interlinked challenges and recommend key multi-stakeholder policy actions to reduce GHG emissions through healthy and sustainable diets.
Launch of Summary of the IPCC Sixth Assessment Report (AR6) for Urban Policymakers
Hosted at the UN Climate Change Global Pavilion, the event will convene a panel of climate scientists, and city and business leaders to reflect on the series, which provides an unprecedented presentation of science in accessible and applicable findings to increase and accelerate action on the climate crisis in urban areas. Watch online here.
The LGMA Multilevel Action Pavilion, the home for local and regional governments in the UNFCCC COP27 Blue Zone, is hosting over 70 sessions of rich programming and meaningful dialogues showcasing that #MultilevelActionDelivers with support from over 40 organizations.
