COP 27 | Events where PLATFORMA & CEMR are represented

CEMR young elected representative Clifford Galea and CEMR spokesperson on the environment Marianne Overton will be on stage at various events during the second week of the 27th UN Climate Change Conference in Sharm el-Sheikh (Egypt).

Together with many other local and regional elected officials, Clifford Galea, President of the Tramuntana Region in Malta and member of CEMR young elected officials committee, and Marianne Overton, Councillor at Lincolnshire County Council, North Kesteven District Council, Vice Chair of the Local Government Association and CEMR spokesperson on the environment, will defend the key role of towns and regions in climate change mitigation.

They will notably present CEMR & PLATFORMA common position published ahead of COP27, the online tool on localising SDGs and CEMR brand new online report “Local Finances and the Green Transition in Europe.”

Among other local and regional government representatives present in Sharm el-Sheikh are several local elected officials from Cités Unies France, Deputy Mayors of Bonn and Cologne Melanie Grabowy and Andreas Wolter for RGRE, Marieke Schouten, Deputy mayor of Nieuwegein and member of the ENVE commission of the CoR, Sharon Dijksma, Mayor of Utrecht, Special envoy for the UN city network for VNG International, or Fatimatou Abdel Malick, President of the Regional Conseil of Nouakchott, President of UCLG Africa.

Events organised by CEMR

(Timing: UTC+2) 

What? Political meeting CEMR members with EU Institutions
On invitation only
When? 16 November, 9.00-10.00
Where? UCLG Africa pavilion
By CEMR
Who?

Speakers:

• Fabrizio Rossi, CEMR Secretary General (Moderator)
• Emilia Saiz, UCLG Secretary General
• Jutta Paulus, Member of the European Parliament, The Greens/EFA
• Diana Acconcia, Director, Directorate General for Climate, Directorate D International affairs and climate finance, European Commission
• Marieke Schouten, Deputy Mayor of Nieuwegein and member of the ENVE commission of the European Committee of the Regions (CoR), VNG and CEMR representative
• Sharon Dijksma, Mayor of Utrecht. The special envoy for the UN city network, VNG & CEMR representative
• Clifford Galea Vella, President of the Nord Region in Malta, Local Councils’ Association Malta, CEMR member of the Young Elected Officials Committee
• Ronan Dantec, CEMR spokesperson on climate, Climate Chance Association President, French Senator of Loire Atlantique, member of AFCCRE & CEMR
• Marianne Overtone, CEMR spokesperson on environment, Councillor at Lincolnshire County Council, North Kesteven District Council, Local Government Association Vice Chairman, member of CEMR
• Ofer Ben Eliezer, Head of the Ramat Yishai Local Council, Federation of Local Authorities in Israel, member of CEMR
• Melanie Grabowy, Vice Mayor City of Bonn, German Association of Cities, member of CEMR
• Andreas Wolter, Vice Mayor City of Cologne, German Association of Cities, member of CEMR
• Jean Pierre Mbassi, UCLG Africa Secretary General (Concluding remarks)

What? CEMR – IEMA event: Capacity building on green skills to improve local/regional climate policies
When? 17 November, 18.30-20.00
Where? Room Khufu, 300 pax
Who?

• Fabrizio Rossi, CEMR Secretary General CEMR
• Laila Takeh, Head of Net Zero Transformation, Deloitte
• Ronan Dantec, French senator, CEMR & AFCCRE spokesperson on Climate and President of Climate Chance Association
• Sarah Mukherjee MBE, Chief Executive Officer, IEMA
• Cerin Kizhakkethottam, Programme Management Officer, UN-Habitat, environmental lawyer specialized in integrating climate change adaptation, urban resilience and sustainable development into policies, strategies and plans
• Professor Ali Hassan, Faculty of Graduate Studies and Environmental Research, Ain Shams University
• Clifford Galea Vella, President of the Tramuntana Region in Malta, Politician from CEMR young elected officials committee
• Oluwakemi Ajakaiye, Executive Director, Ampak
• Apostolos Tzitzikostas, Committee of the Regions Vice-President, Governor of Central Macedonia
• Marianne Overtone, CEMR spokesperson on environment, Councillor at Lincolnshire County Council, North Kesteven District Council, Local Government Association Vice Chairman

Other events 

(non exhaustive list)

What? Local Governments and Municipal Authorities Constituency (LGMA) events
When? Various dates
Where? The Multilevel Action Pavilion at COP27 – Home to the Local Governments and Municipal Authorities Constituency (LGMA) in the UNFCCC (cities-and-regions.org)

What? The Role of Local Governments in Climate Action
When? 14 November, 11.00-11.45
Where? Turkey’s pavilion
With whom?
Among others:

• Fatma ?AH?N, Mayor of Gaziantep Metropolitan Municipality, President of the Union of Municipalities of Turkey
• Marianne OVERTONE, CEMR spokesperson on environment, Councillor at Lincolnshire County Council, North Kesteven District Council, Local Government Association Vice Chairman

What? Waste management in Africa side event
When? 15 November, 10:30-12:30
Where? UCLG-Africa pavilion
With whom? Fabrizio Rossi, CEMR Secretary General

What? Global Covenant of Mayors side event: Disaster Risk Reduction: Voices From the Cities
When? 15 November, 14.30-15.30 (UTC+2)
Where? EU Pavilion (Blue Zone). Livestreamed here

What? African Cities in energy transition
When? 15 November, 14.00-15.30
Where? UCLG-Africa pavilion
Who?

• Fabrizio Rossi, CEMR secretary general
• Clifford Galea, President of the Tramuntana Region in Malta, member of CEMR young elected officials committee
• Marianne Overton, Councillor at Lincolnshire County Council, North Kesteven District Council, Vice Chair of the Local Government Association and CEMR spokesperson on the environment

What? Nature-based solutions as a lever for the implementation and acceleration of NDCs in Africa
When? 16 November, 10.00-11.30
Where? UCLG-Africa Pavilion
By UCLG-Africa & ICLEI

What? Hearing the voice of subnational governments: learning from the Edinburgh Declaration for Biodiversity
When? 16 November, 12.00-13.00
Where? Multi-level Action Pavilion, Green Zone, UNFCCC COP27
By Scottish Government, ICLEI Regions4, Government of Quebec

What? Solutions Day
When? 17 November
By the Egyptian Government

What? Ministerial Meeting on Urbanization and Climate Change at COP27, including launch of SURGE initiative
When? 17 November, 10.30-12.30
Compulsory registration
By the Government of the Arab Republic of Egypt and supported by the United Nations Human Settlements Programme

The COP27 Presidential Sustainable Urban Resilience for the Next Generation (SURGe) Initiative will be launched during this meeting. CEMR has expressed its support to SURGE during the summer.

What? Event The Road from COP27 to WUF12 to AfriCities 25: Local Government Action for Climate Change
When? 17 November, 10.30-11.30
Where? Egyptian Pavilion at the Blue Zone
Who? Ronan Dantec, CEMR spokesperson on climate, AFCCRE, President of Climate Chance Association
By the Egyptian ministry of local development and UCLG-Africa

What? The Pact of the Future of PLANET, a strategic vision to realise multilevel climate action
When? 17 November, 13.30-15.00
Where? UCLG Multilevel Action Pavilion