EBRD Green Cities Annual Conference 2021

 

Date: 08 & 09 June 2021

Time: 09.00 – 10.15 AM & 10.30 AM - 12.30 PM BST (London-time)

Venue: Online

Registration: register here via Zoom

 

Cities delivering climate action – COP26 and beyond

 

Cities are critical to delivering on the Paris Agreement. With COP26 fast approaching,  it is critical to explore how cities can lead the transition to a low carbon and climate resilient economy. We will hear from mayors, private sector experts and thought-leaders about the work they are doing to address the gravest challenge we face: the climate emergency.

 

This year’s EBRD Green Cities annual conference will further explore this theme, focusing on the role cities and the private sector play in accelerating climate action.  The two-day virtual event (8-9 June) will feature discussions and exchanges between mayors, Green Cities Officers, and private sector partners from across the EBRD regions.

 

Register here

 

The EBRD Green Cities Annual Conference 2021 is supported by the Green Climate Fund.

 

Keynote and welcome

 

Dr Fatih Birol, Executive Director, International Energy Agency

 

Harry Boyd-Carpenter, Managing Director, Green Economy & Climate Action Group, EBRD

 

Panellists

 

Doncho Barbalov, Deputy Mayor for Finance and Healthcare, Sofia, Bulgaria

 

Andria Basilaia, Deputy Mayor of Tbilisi, Georgia

 

Ann Cairns, Executive Vice Chair, Mastercard

 

Sumiyabazar Dolgorsuren, Governor of the Capital City and Mayor of Ulaanbaatar  

 

Nisreen Elsaim, Chair of the UN Secretary-General’s Youth Advisory Group on Climate Change

 

Shams El Din Abdel Ghaffar, Managing Director, EV Division, Infinity

 

Justyna Glusman, Deputy Mayor of Warsaw - Director and Coordinator for Sustainable Development, Warsaw City hall, Poland

 

Vitali Klitschko, Mayor of Kyiv and Head of Kyiv City State Administration, Ukraine

 

Petre Shilegov, Mayor of the City of Skopje, North Macedonia

 

Tunç Soyer, Mayor, Izmir Metropolitan Municipality

 

Dr Jerry Velasquez, Director, Division of Mitigation and Adaptation, Green Climate Fund

 

Erion Veliaj, Mayor of Tirana, Albania

 

Mansur Yavaş, Mayor of Ankara Metropolitan Municipality, Turkey

 

Joined by a panel of experts from EBRD

 

 

PROGRAMME

 

DAY 1 (8 JUNE)

 

09.00 – 09.20: WELCOME AND KEYNOTE

 

09.20 – 10.15: PANEL DISCUSSION: HOW CITIES CAN DELIVER CLIMATE ACTION

 

10.30– 12.30: MAYORS ROUNDTABLE MEETINGS: CONVERSATIONS WITH GREEN CITY MAYORS

 

 

DAY 2 (09 JUNE)

 

09.00 – 11.00: GREEN CITIES OFFICERS NETWORK: SMART SOLUTIONS [CLOSED SESSION]

Become a Green City

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