Local Climate Solutions for Africa 2011
Dates: 27 February – 3 March 2011
ICLEI Africa is pleased to share with you the first announcement of the Congress: Local Climate Solutions for Africa 2011, to be held in Cape Town, 27 February – 3 March 2011.
Mobilising African Leadership in Local Climate Action
This milestone ICLEI Congress provides an ideal platform for local and sub-national authorities and their stakeholders to focus on local action, both on climate adaptation and resilience on the one side as well as on energy and mitigation – within a specific African urban context. Ahead of the UNFCCC COP17 (global climate negotiations), it will also serve as an excellent preparatory platform for Africa’s local and sub-national authorities and their partners to review any UNFCCC COP16 outcomes emerging from Mexico (Dec 2010) and to prepare for participation and representivity in the South African-hosted COP17 meetings and associated events at the end of 2011.
The Congress themes are strategically cross-cutting and interlinked with a strong emphasis on local leadership, financing and accelerated integrated action at local and sub-national level. The outcomes of the Congress will feed into various national, regional (African) and global debates, events and preparations for COP17 through the wide range of partners, representatives and participants. It will specifically also focus on engaging corporate business in these local climate discussions.
Congress Themes:
Theme 1:
Local leadership, governance and planning for Africa in the context of rapid global change
Theme 2:
Africa’s future cities – building resilience to climate change
- energy security and access in a future low-carbon world
- water security, quality and access
- health, well-being and quality of urban life
- infrastructure and essential services
- local biodiversity and ecosystem based adaptation
Theme 3:
Africa’s communities – pivotal partners for locally sustainable climate action and attainment of the MDG’s
Theme 4:
Climate change science and technology – advances and challenges in a local context
Theme 5:
New opportunities for urban livelihoods – building Africa’s green economy
Theme 6:
Resource mobilisation and new partnerships for accelerated local climate action
Local Climate Solutions for Africa 2011 is a unique platform for advancing new partnerships and consolidated local climate action on the continent for the global common good. The Congress brings together global and regional partners, regional programmes, government and non-government partners, civil society, scientists and experts, development and aid agencies, development banks, business and corporate partners. Networks and institutions interested to partner in Local Climate Solutions for Africa 2011 are invited to contact the ICLEI Congress team.
