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[COP28] CLIMATE ACTION EVENT - Urban Evolution: Championing tomorrow's low carbon and resilient human settlements and transport networks
| 10:00-12:30 Gulf Standard Time (GST)
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GCA Zone, Zone B7, Action Arena 1 (Al Hur)

https://unfccc.int/event/taking-stock-of-climate-action-human-settlements-and-transport

Event: CLIMATE ACTION EVENT - Urban Evolution: Championing tomorrow's low carbon and resilient human settlements and transport networks 

Place: GCA Zone,  Arena 1 (Al Hur)

Date: 6 December 2023

Time: 10:00-12:30 Gulf Standard Time (GST)

Lead organisation(s): GlobalABC, ICLEI, SLOCAT, ITF, HLCC

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Description:

The GCA Action Agenda plenary will showcase progress in decarbonising human settlements and transport. It will platform the Buildings Breakthrough, the plastics treaty, transport as a demand sector for clean energy and the nexus between transport, cities and energy. Building on the challenges and solutions identified in the Global Stocktake (GST), it will facilitate the delivery of GST outcomes by strengthening collaboration and integrating action across sectoral stakeholders, policy makers and subject matter experts.

Agenda:

Opening Session

[10:00]
4 min

Introduction and format

Melanie Jamieson, Co-CEO, Leaders’ Quest

6 min

Single Opening Address

Axel Grael, Mayor of Niterói, Brazil 

Session 1: Human Settlements

2 min

Opening speech: Reflections on Global Stocktake (GST): Human Settlements, Buildings, Waste Management and NpS.

Nigel TONKS, Global Ambassador for BuildingToCOP / Senior Advisor, High Level Climate Champions

 

27 min

Panel 1: Waste & consumption

Moderator: Nigel TONKS, Global Ambassador for BuildingToCOP / Senior Advisor, High Level Climate Champions


Panelists: 

  • Doreen Nyanjura, Deputy Lord Mayor, Kampala
  • Juliet Oluch, Member of YOUNGO on local stocktakes
  • Marta Ribera Carbó, Europe Programme Manager, Built Environment, Institute for Human Rights and Business

27 min

Panel 2: Buildings

Moderator: Nigel TONKS, Global Ambassador for BuildingToCOP / Senior Advisor, High Level Climate Champions

Panelists:

  • Yasemin Kologlu, Principal, Skidmore Owings & Merrill
  • Dr. Sunita Purushottam, Head of Sustainability, Mahindra Lifespaces
  • Tiffany Crawford, Chief Heat Officer and Director of Climate Change, City of Melbourne

[11:05] 10 min break Sessions

Session 2: Transport

5 min

Sectoral address B: Transport progress on climate action

Christopher DEKKI, Director of Global Advocacy and Engagement SLOCAT

 

[11:20]
20 mins

Fireside 3: Transport infrastructure resilience

Moderator: Olivia WESSENDORF, Sustainable Transport and Global Outreach Advisor to the Secretary General, International Transport Forum

Panelists :

  • Aaditya Thackeray, MLA Maharastra
  • Satpal Singh, Chief Governance and Risk officer, PLUS Malaysia
  • John Mark Mwanika, Union Representative, Global Labor Institute

25 mins

Fireside 4: Transport mitigation through demand aggregation

Moderator: Olivia WESSENDORF, Sustainable Transport and Global Outreach Advisor to the Secretary General, International Transport Forum

Panelists :

  • Elisabeth Fauvelle Munck af Rosenschöld, Global Sustainability Manager, IKEA
  • Cécile Texier, Vice-President Sustainability & CSR, Alstom
  • Sophie Punte, Founder, Smart Freight Centre
  • Volker Ratzmann, Executive Vice President Corporate Public Affairs, DHL Group

5 mins

Presentation: Global Shipping as a key offtaker of Green Hydrogen in the 2030s 
  • Alicia Eastman, President, InterContinental Energy
  • Concepcion Boo ARIAS, Director, Global Partnerships & ESG, Public and Regulatory Affairs, A.P. Moller - Maersk

Session 3: Closing Nexus session

[12:10]
20 min

Fireside chat between moderators
  • Nigel TONKS, Global Ambassador for BuildingToCOP / Senior Advisor, High Level Climate Champions
  • Olivia WESSENDORF, Sustainable Transport and Global Outreach Advisor to the Secretary General, International Transport Forum
  • Raysa França, Global Engagement Director, Youth4Nature

[12:30] Session Ends
 
Topics:
Adaptation/Resilience
Affordable housing
Appliances and Systems
Building operations
Circularity
Clean Energy
Embodied carbon
Existing buildings
Financing
Materials
New buildings
Urban planning