From September 10 – 14, 2018, ICLEI will be co-leading and supporting numerous GCAS Affiliated side events, and we look forward to seeing many of our member cities, towns and regions at these events. Be tuned in to our announcements and updates at the ICLEI Global GCAS page
We will continue to support our members and partners engaged in these announcements within the vision laid out at ICLEI´s 2018-2024 Strategy adopted at World Congress in Montreal in June 2018, defining Low-Emissions, Resilient, Nature-based, Circular and Equitable Development as its pathways to sustainability.
“The GCAS is a key opportunity to showcase climate leadership and call for more ambitious commitments that transform our societies across boundaries and jurisdictions. ICLEI brings broader sustainability thinking to strengthen local, national and global climate action and will leverage GCAS outcomes to ensure local and regional action informs national climate policy and United Nations climate processes. The City of Bonn is actively engaged in these efforts and is committed to advancing climate action at home and globally.”
—Ashok Sridharan, Mayor of City of Bonn, Germany and ICLEI President
Events
10 September, Monday
10:00 Divestment: State of the Movement Press Conference – supported by ICLEI
ICLEI Representation:
Angie Fyfe, Executive Director, ICLEI USA
Location: American Bookbinder Museum – Website
11 September, Tuesday
09:00 Land-Energy Nexus In Climate Change Mitigation – co-led by ICLEI
ICLEI Representation:
Angie Fyfe, Executive Director, ICLEI USA
Yunus Arikan, Head of Global Policy and Advocacy, ICLEI World Secretariat
Location: University of San Francisco McLaren Conference Center – Website – Registration
09:00 Be a Superhero for Sustainable and 100% Renewable Energy: Global Strategies for Decision-Makers – co-led by ICLEI
ICLEI Representation:
Steve Skadron, Mayor, City of Aspen, USA
Antonio Mozqueira, Senior Manager Climate Change Policy, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
Maryke van Staden, Manager, Low Carbon City Agenda, ICLEI World Secretariat
Location: California College of the Arts – Website – Registration
13:00 Climate Change and Fiduciary Duty – co-led by ICLEI
ICLEI Representation:
Daniel Zarrilli, Senior Director, Climate Policy and Programs, Office of the Mayor, NYC
Yunus Arikan, Head of Global Policy and Advocacy, ICLEI World Secretariat
Angie Fyfe, Executive Director, ICLEI USA
Location: California College of the Arts – Website – Registration
14:00 Local Governments Go Fossil-Free for Clean & Sustainable Energy Future – co-lead by ICLEI
ICLEI Representation:
Mike Steinhoff, Technical Programs Director, ICLEI USA
Hoi-Fei Mok, Program Officer, ICLEI USA
Thomas Herrod, Climate & GHG Program Lead, City and County of Denver, Colorado
Garrett Wong, Senior Sustainability Analyst, City of Santa Monica, California
Location: CaliforniaLocation: Alameda County Training & Education Center – Website – Registration
12 September, Wednesday
09:00 Climate Heritage Mobilization – supported by ICLEI
ICLEI Representation:
Yunus Arikan, Head of Global Policy and Advocacy, ICLEI World Secretariat
Mauricio Rodas, Mayor, Quito, Ecuador; ICLEI Global Executive Committee Member
Stefano Proitetti, Mayor, Assisi, Italy
Location: California Historical Society – Website – Registration
09:00 We Are Still In – supported by ICLEI
ICLEI Representation:
Angie Fyfe, Executive Director, ICLEI USA
Location: California Academy of Science – Website
09:00 High-level Affiliate Event on India Climate Actions
ICLEI Representation:
Nanda Jishkar, Mayor, Nagpur, India; ICLEI South Asia Executive Committee Member
Emani Kumar, Deputy Secretary General; Regional Director for South Asia
SPUR 654 Mission Street – Website
09:00 Mayors and Business Advancing Climate Action by US Conference of Mayors
ICLEI Representation:
Frank Cownie, Mayor, Des Moines, USA; U.S. Conference of Mayors Executive
Committee Member; ICLEI Vice President; ICLEI U.S. Board Member
Location: San Francisco City Hall – Website
11:00 WWF One Planet Charter Award Ceremony – supported by ICLEI
ICLEI Representation:
Angie Fyfe, Executive Director, ICLEI USA
Maryke van Staden, Manager, Low Carbon City Agenda, ICLEI World Secretariat
Rodrigo Perpetuo, Executive Director, ICLEI South America Secretariat
Emani Kumar, Deputy Secretary General; Regional Director for South Asia
Location: Jardine – Website – Registration
13:00 Cities4Climate – supported by ICLEI
ICLEI Representation (as speakers):
Bill Peduto, Mayor, Pittsburgh, USA; Member, ICLEI USA Board
Nanda Jishkar, Mayor, Nagpur, India; ICLEI South Asia Executive Committee Member
Location: San Francisco City Hall – Website – Registration
14:00 Talanoa Dialogue – supported by ICLEI
ICLEI Representation:
Yunus Arikan, Head of Global Policy and Advocacy, ICLEI World Secretariat
Kirk Caldwell, Mayor of Honolulu City, Hawaii, USA (tbc)
Location: Merchants Exchange Club – Website – Registration
13 September, Thursday
08:30 Latin American Non-State Actors Raising the Ambition – supported by ICLEI
ICLEI Representation:
Rodrigo Perpetuo, Executive Director, ICLEI South America Secretariat
Location: Tenderloin Museum – Website
12:00 Board Meeting of the Global Covenant of Mayors for Climate & Energy – supported by ICLEI
ICLEI Representation as Board Members:
Mauricio Rodas, Mayor, Quito, Ecuador; ICLEI Global Executive Committee Member Nanda Jishkar, Mayor, Nagpur, India; ICLEI South Asia Executive Committee Member
Bill Peduto, Mayor, Pittbsurgh, USA; ICLEI USA Board Member
Gregor Robertson, Mayor, Vancouver, Canada
Ashok Sridharan, Mayor, Bonn; ICLEI President (observer)
Eckart Würzner, Mayor, Heidelberg, Germany (observer)
14:00 International Urban Cooperation “Local and national Partnerships Driving Sustainable Urban Development – supported by ICLEI
Representation:
Nanda Jishkar, Mayor, Nagpur, India; ICLEI South Asia Regional Executive Committee Member
Aristóteles Sandoval, Governor of Jalisco, Mexico; ICLEI Mexico and Caribbean Regional Executive Committee Member
Pam O´Connor, Councilor, City of Santa Monica, USA; ICLEI USA Board Member
16:30 EC Commissioner Canete meeting EU Mayors
17:00 “Transformative Climate Action – Perspectives from the Federal, State and City-Level” – supported by ICLEI
Representation:
Ashok Sridharan, Mayor, Bonn; ICLEI President
Solly Msimanga, Mayor, Tshwane, S. Africa; ICLEI Global Executive Committee Member
Lisa Helps, Mayor, Victoria, Canada
Eckart Würzner, Mayor, Heidelberg, Germany
Location: Contemporary Jewish Museum – Website
17:30 Laudato Sì – From theory into practice, cities for a sustainable future –supported by ICLEI
ICLEI Representation:
Stefano Proitetti, Mayor, Assisi, Italy
Location: Consulate General of Italy
14 September, Friday
08:30 Finance Talanoa
ICLEI Representation:
Mauricio Rodas, Mayor, Quito, Ecuador; ICLEI Global Executive Committee – tbc
Location: ClimateWorks Foundation
10:00 3rd Annual North American Dialogue on 100 % RE in Cities – co-led by ICLEI
ICLEI Representation:
Kirk Caldwell, Mayor of Honolulu City, Hawaii, USA and many others
Location: San Fransisco LGBT Center – Website – Registration
10:30 Progress and Lessons Learned – 20 Years Air Pollution in Beijing – co-led by ICLEI
ICLEI Representation:
Ashok Sridharan, Mayor, Bonn; ICLEI President
Maryke van Staden, Manager, Low Carbon City Agenda, ICLEI World Secretariat
Location: Yerba Buena meeting room, Four Seasons Hotel – Registration
11:00 Sustainable Business Codes Day – supported by ICLEI
ICLEI Representation:
Maryke van Staden, Manager, Low Carbon City Agenda, ICLEI World Secretariat
Location: Auto Desk Gallery – Website
14:00 Carbon Zero Cities – supported by ICLEI
Representation:
Shale Rattenbury, Minister, Australian Capital Territory Government, Australia
Location: Bently Reserve Conference Center – Website – Registration
ICLEI Delegation at GCAS
ICLEI Leadership (Members of ICLEI Committees)
- Ashok Sridharan, Mayor, Bonn; President
- Mauricio Rodas, Mayor, Quito, Ecuador; Global Executive Committee Member
- Manual Araujo, Mayor, Quelimane, Mozambique; Global Executive Committee Member
- Solly Msimanga, Mayor, Tshwane, S. Africa; Global Executive Committee Member
- Aristóteles Sandoval, Governor of Jalisco, Mexico; Mexico and Caribbean Regional Executive Committee Member
- Åsa Karlsson Björkmarker, Deputy Mayor, City of Växjö, Sweden; ICLEI Europe Executive Committee Member
- Bill Peduto, Mayor, Pittsburgh, USA; Member, ICLEI USA Board
- Pam O´Connor, Councilor, City of Santa Monica, USA; Member, ICLEI USA Board
Leaders of other ICLEI Members attending GCAS
- Assisi, Italy – Mayor Stefano Proietti
- Aspen, USA – Mayor Steve Skadron
- Australian Capital Territory Government, Australia – Minister Shale Rattenbury
- Buenos Aires , Argentina – Mayor Rodríguez-Larreta
- Cape Town, S. Africa – Mayor Patricia de Lille
- Copenhagen, Denmark – Mayor Frank Jensen
- Durban, S. Africa – Mayor Zandil Gumede
- Edmonton , Canada – Mayor Don Iveson
- Heidelberg, Germany – Mayor Eckart Würzner
- Honolulu, USA – Mayor Kirk Caldwell
- Oslo, Norway – Mayor Raymond Johansen
- Medellin, Colombia – Mayor Federico Gutiérrez
- Montreal, Canada – Deputy Mayor Jean-Francoise Parentau
- Rotterdam, Netherlands – Mayor Ahmed Aboutaleb
- Santa Fe, USA – Mayor Alan Webber
- Sevilla, Spain – Mayor Espadas Cejas
- Seoul, Republic of Korea – Boyoun Wang, Assistant Mayor for Climate & Environment
- Vancouver, Canada – Mayor Gregor Robertson
- Victoria, Canada – Mayor Lisa Helps
- Warsaw, Poland – Mayor Gronkiewicz-Waltz
- West Palm Beach, USA – Mayor Jeri Muoio
- Australian Capital Territory Government, Australia – Senior Manager Antonio Mozqueira
- Cincinnati, USA – Chief Sustainability Officer Oliver Kronner
- Denver, USA – Climate & GHG Program Lead Thomas Herrod
- Mexico City, Mexico – Tanya Müller, Environment Secretary
- New York City, USA – Dan Zarrilli, Senior Director, Climate Policy and Programs
- Quito, Ecuador – Environment Secretary Veronica Arias
- Santa Monica, USA – Garrett Wong, Senior Sustainability Analyst,
- Tshwane, S. Africa – Director of Low Carbon City Programme Sello Mphaga
ICLEI Staff attending GCAS
Emani Kumar, Deputy Secretary General; Regional Director for South Asia
Angie Fyfe, Executive Director, ICLEI USA
Rodrigo Perpetuo, Executive Director, ICLEI South America Secretariat
Maryke van Staden, Manager, Low Carbon City Agenda, ICLEI World Secretariat
Yunus Arikan, Head of Global Policy and Advocacy, ICLEI World Secretariat
Giorgia Rambelli, Programme Office, ICLEI Europe
Mike Steinhoff, Technical Programs Director, ICLEI USA
Hoi-Fei Mok, Program Officer, ICLEI USA
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