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
Patrick Beauchesne
CEO, Societe du Plan Nord
Government of Quebec
Ambassador Angus Campbell
Ambassador of Australia to Belgium, Luxembourg
the EU and NATO
Jan Dusik
Deputy Director General, DG CLIMA
European Commission
Kamal Kishore
Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General for Disaster Risk Reduction and Head of UNDRR
Ambassador Joash Arthur Maangi
Ambassador of Kenya to Belgium, Luxembourg and the EU
Adam Ó Ceallaigh
Ireland's Climate Youth Delegate to the United Nations
Irish Delegation to UNFCCC and COP31
Ans Persoons
State Secretary
Brussels-Capital Region
Elena Rantanen
Deputy Mayor
City of Turku
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
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Session 1: Delivering Urban Climate Action and the Importance of Multi-Level Implementation
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Session 2: EU and International Collaboration
Representative tbc
Mission of Canada to the EU
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Networking Drinks · Brussels Climate Week Welcome Party