UCLG World Council Special & Open
Session
From COP21 to Habitat III: Local
Governments and Citizens at the Center of the Challenges
5 December 2015, 9h00- 12h30
Saint- Denis, Stade de France- Door E–21, av. Jules-Rimet
Compulsory
online registration [here]
What challenges does world’s
urbanization raise regarding climate change? How to implement the ecological
transition in cities through an active citizenship?
Meanwhile the Heads of State meet
at COP21 to decide the world’s future, Plaine Commune urban community invites
Mayors and citizens from all over the world to question our urban development
model’s sustainability and to vindicate concrete local alternatives to climate
change.
According to the UN, in 2050, 70%
of world’s population will be living in cities. Since GIEC’s rapport
acknowledges that cities are the main emitters of greenhouse gases, is the
current urbanization model compatible with our planet’s future? How do we
ensure environmental rights for all?
This UCLG World Council Open
Session aims to be a link between the COP21 and the forthcoming UN Habitat III
Summit (Quito, October 2016), as well as to contribute to political agenda for
a fair, solidarity and sustainable urban development.
In the presence of:
Local Governments
·
The Mayor of
Saint-Denis (metropolis of Paris, France), Didier Paillard
·
The
President of Plaine Commune (metropolis of Paris, France), Patrick Braouezec
·
The Mayor of
Barcelona (Spain), Ada Colau
·
The Mayor of
Madrid (Spain), Manuela Carmena
·
The Mayor of
Gwangju (South Korea), Jang-hyun Yoon -TBC
·
The Deputy
Mayor for Social Equity of Toronto (Canada), Pam McConnell
·
The Mayor of
Pikine (metropolis of Dakar, Senegal), Abdoulaye Thimbo
·
…
Civil Society
·
Habitat
International Coalition
·
Montréal
Urban Ecology Center
·
Climat 21
Coalition
·
Observatori
DESC
·
Alternatiba
Movement
·
Fondation
pour le progrès de l’Homme
·
…
Location and Access
For participants of the World
Council, the City of Paris will offer a bus in order to attend this session (to
know the schedule, click here). For further
detail on the seminar’s location, click here.
You can download here the event’s presentation and the invitation letter from Patrick Braouezec,
President of Plaine Commune.