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

Warsaw, Poland
14 November 2013, 4.00-7.00 p.m.

This workshop was organized as a part of series of ADP workshops in 2013, including those held during the first part of the second session of ADP held in Bonn from 29 April to 3 May 2013 that were focused on low-emission development opportunities, and mitigation and adaptation opportunities related to land use and the workshop on energy transformation, including scaling-up renewable energy, enhancing energy efficiency and consideration of carbon capture and storage (CCS) held in second part of the second session of ADP that took place in Bonn in June 2013.

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Workshop agenda (64 kB)

 

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The workshop facilitated sharing of experiences on implementation of policies that national governments are putting in place to incentivize climate change actions in two urbanization related thematic areas of transport and buildings, including examples of complementary policies and
actions of national, regional/state and local governments. Workshop also heard about international cooperative initiatives, including efforts of private sector and civil society, in supporting different levels
of government in implementation of measures in transport and building thematic areas.

H.E. Mr. Burhan Gafoor, Singapore's Ambassador and Chief Negotiator for Climate Change, facilitated the workshop.

Presentations
Raising Global level of ambition through Local climate action (1410 kB) Mr. Yunus Arikan, Head of Global Policy and Advocacy, International Council for Local Environmental Initiatives (ICLEI) - Local Governments for Sustainability	14 Nov 2013
Urbanization and the role of governments in facilitating climate action in cities (1723 kB) , Ms. Karin Kemper, Director for Climate Change, World Bank	14 Nov 2013
The need for sustainable, low carbon transport policies to accelerate sustainable development (5328 kB) , Mr. Cornie Huizenga, Co-Convener, Partnership on sustainable low carbon transport	14 Nov 2013
Urbanization and the role of Government in facilitating action in cities: Migration potential in the building sector (3317 kB) , Mr. Mohamed El-Soufi, Coordinator, Global Housing Strategy, UN Habitat	14 Nov 2013

The workshop was concluded with a brief summary by the facilitator
( Take home messages from the Facilitator (108 kB) ).