Warsaw lays down the path for engaging local and subnational governments in Paris 2015 outcomes

28 November 2013

 

 

At the recently concluded UN Climate Change Conference in Warsaw (COP19/CMP9), countries have decided to advance the engagement of local governments in the global climate regime.

 

The decisions include (1) facilitating the exchange of experiences and best practices between cities and Subnational authorities in identifying and implementing opportunities to mitigate greenhouse gas emissions and adapt to the adverse impacts of climate change, and (2) convening a specific forum as part of the UN Bonn Climate Conference in June 2014.

 

Leading global cities network ICLEI-Local Governments for Sustainability welcomes this outcome and aims to further contribute through its various programs on climate action, including the Resilient Cities congress series, the global platform for urban resilience and climate change adaptation hosted every year in Bonn, Germany.

 

With the Warsaw outcomes, nations confirm that local action is the key and one of the biggest leverage to ensure the transformation of our societies into low-emission and climate resilient development”, said Gino Van Begin, Secretary General of ICLEI, which is also the facilitator of the Local Government Climate Roadmap, an advocacy process aiming at recognizing, engaging and empowering local governments in the global climate regime since 2007.

 

Read more.

 

Related stories:

 

– 22.11.2013 ICLEI Mayors discuss with Ban Ki-Moon and ministers multi-level climate actions and support

– 19.11.2013 UN Climate Talks go local: First ever “Cities Day” to raise the bar  of climate ambition through local action

– 14.11.2013 414 cities report raft of inspiring climate actions

– 08.11.2013  Leading cities network ICLEI spurs dialogues to scale up local action in Warsaw

 

Check out ICLEI’s Special COP newsletter:

 

Full coverage including week 2 highlights (18-22 November)

Week 1 highlights (11-17 November)

 

View ICLEI’s phote sets on Flickr 

 

For more information, visit www.iclei.org/cop19cities

 

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