Connecting Local Climate Leadership with EU and International Climate Action — an official Partner Event of Brussels Climate Week.
Across Europe, local and regional governments are leading climate action through developing integrated climate plans, investing in implementation, and translating climate commitments into practical solutions that respond to citizens’ daily concerns, including housing, mobility, energy affordability, health, jobs, nature and resilience.
This timely event will connect local climate action with EU and international climate discussions, bringing together cities with EU and global counterparts to reflect on how local dialogues can inform EU climate-policy implementation and be carried into international climate processes, including COP31 in Türkiye.
Confirmed Speakers
Manuela Álvares
Councillor
City of Matosinhos
Matthew Bach
Executive Director
ICLEI Europe
Ambassador Yaprak Balkan
Permanent Representative of Türkiye
to the European Union
Ambassador Angus Campbell
Ambassador of Australia to Belgium,
Luxembourg, the EU and NATO
Jan Dusik
Deputy Director General, DG CLIMA
European Commission
Ans Persoons
State Secretary
Brussels-Capital Region
Goksen Sahin Licha
Policy and Advocacy Lead
ICLEI Europe
Agenda
Draft agenda — final speakers and timings to be confirmed.
Welcome and Introduction: The Importance of Multi-Level Governance
Goksen Sahin Licha
Policy and Advocacy Lead
ICLEI Europe
Matthew Bach
Executive Director
ICLEI Europe
Session 1: Delivering Urban Climate Action and the Importance of Multi-Level Implementation
Ans Persoons
State Secretary
Brussels-Capital Region
Manuela Álvares
Councillor
City of Matosinhos
Goksen Sahin Licha
Policy and Advocacy Lead
ICLEI Europe
Moderator
Session 2: EU and International Collaboration
Jan Dusik
Deputy Director General, DG CLIMA
European Commission
Ambassador Yaprak Balkan
Permanent Representative of Türkiye
to the European Union
Ambassador Angus Campbell
Ambassador of Australia to Belgium, Luxembourg,
the EU and NATO
Speaker to be announced (Mission of Canada to the EU).
Goksen Sahin Licha
Policy and Advocacy Lead
ICLEI Europe
Closing Thoughts
Networking Drinks · Brussels Climate Week Welcome Party