Our Bonn Alliance partner institution UNU-EHS are the scientific partners of ICLEI\u2019s Daring Cities Forum. Registration for the big virtual event with lots of high-level speakers on sustainability is open now!<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Excerpt from UNU-EHS announcement<\/a>, September 14, 2020:<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n “UNU-EHS is serving as the main research partner for Daring Cities 2020<\/a>, an action-oriented forum, designed to empower urban leaders to tackle the climate crisis. The conference is organized by\u00a0Local Governments for Sustainability (ICLEI)<\/a>\u00a0and the City of Bonn<\/a>. It will take place virtually 7 \u2013 28 October 2020<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The forum is directed at mayors, city councilors, administrators, and urban thought leaders, as well as researchers, technical staff, business leaders, civil society decision-makers, community organizers and national government representatives. It seeks to showcase and catalyze exemplary local climate action, including ambitious resilience-building and climate mitigation efforts. Over a three-week period, the event will offer a variety of virtual formats to accommodate different topics, time zones, bandwidth limits, and languages.<\/p>\n\n\n\n As part of the \u201cKNOW\u201d track of the conference, experts from UNU-EHS will present cutting-edge research and information on climate change and its impact on cities. The conference further includes an \u201cACT\u201d track, which showcases daring local climate action, and a \u201cLEAD\u201d track, which seeks to facilitate action-oriented discussions with key global partners, including the UNFCCC and COP Presidencies, on delivering the Paris Agreement through collaborative, multilevel action, while highlighting implementation and finance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The event will integrate multi-level dialogue, bringing together local leaders and national actors. It includes many high-level speakers, including Ant\u00f3nio Guterres, United Nations Secretary-General, Patricia Espinosa, Executive Secretary, United Nations Climate Change Secretariat (UNFCCC), and high-ranking politicians from several counties, such as the German\u00a0Federal Minister for the Environment, Svenja Schulze. The full programme can be found here<\/a>.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n