Global Taskforce of Local and Regional Governments. #LocalGov networks working together to achieve the #SDGs, the #ParisAgreement and the #NewUrbanAgenda
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📢 #Listen2Cities
Our Annual Meeting is being held as part of the @uclg_org Retreat, where the following topics will be discussed:
➡️ Our Constituency towards the Multilateral Agenda
➡️ Key milestones & partnerships for 2026
➡️ Fostering Ecological Transformation
🌐#Listen2Cities @turkiyecop31
@UCLG_Presdient Uğur İbrahim Altay delivers the unified message of our constituency: The #LGMA position paper to @UN SG @antonioguterres
🌱The Paris Agreement will only be delivered through the engagement of all levels of government
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Mehmet Ali Kahraman, COP31 Presidency Office Director wraps up the High-Level Dialogue on Urban Resilience, Adaptation and Climate Action
🗣️"This COP is a proud moment to translate the commitments of the New Urban Agenda into reality, and to bring them to life"
📍High-Level Dialogue: Urban Resilience, Adaptation & Climate Action
🗣️@AstridSchomaker, Exec Secretary @UNBiodiversity
"The battle against climate change and biodiversity loss will be won or lost in cities. We must equip them with the tools to succeed" #COP31
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🗣️@DeclanClausen, Deputy Mayor @CityNewcastle
📍High-Level Dialogue: Urban Resilience, Adaptation & Climate Action
"Adaptation becomes real at the local level. National governments can set priorities, but cities need to be treated as a genuine partner for implementation
🌱Delivering on the climate agreements requires a renewed financial ecosystem. Climate negotiations need to engage #LRGs
📍At the High-Level Dialogue on Urban Resilience, we call for cooperation to turn ambition into action #COP31
@Kankyo_Jpn @DanishMFA @Azerbaijan
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🌐Cooperation between national and local governments is key to mobilising resources & advancing climate action across all spheres of governance.
Perspectives @trpresidency @govbr @EswatiniGovern1 @compresidencia @jpmgov_
📍@turkiyecop31 High Level Dialogue on Urban Resilience
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📍High-Level Dialogue: Urban Resilience, Adaptation and Climate Action
💶Partners from @WorldBankGroup @ilbanktr bring focus to financing urban resilience and translating NDC priorities into bankable local projects.
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📍 From COP to 2030 and Beyond: Local and Regional Governments Building the Future of Climate Governance
🌐 At the @GlobalTaskforce Pavilion, the session led by @CCRECEMR explores how LRGs can help bridge the gap between global commitments and local action, while contributing to a more effective and inclusive system of climate governance beyond 2030.
#Listen2Cities at #COP31Antalya
🌐@turkiyecop31 #Listen2Cities
Partners addressing climate finance, sustainable development, cooperation and #DRR is essential to accelerate implementation.
✅ @EBRD , @UNECE, @UNDRR and @UNDP bring complementary expertise to scale up investment, strengthen resilience & act.
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🌍From @GovUganda , @republicoftogo and @BWGovernment, representatives of national government @turkiyecop31 bring adaptation and urban resilience into focus.
✅Stronger NDCs must reflect local vulnerabilities and empower cities to build climate resilience.
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🌐#Listen2Cities @turkiyecop31
Representatives from @skngov, @GovtOfKenya @mia_bahrain @trpresidency and @KiribatiGov bring their perspectives & commitments to the climate agenda, highlighting the importance of stronger multilevel cooperation to address shared challenges.
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🌐From his experience as Mayor of Tarija to his role as President of Bolivia, @Rodrigo_PazP addresses how Local knowledge can contribute to building resilience and securing the foundations of life.
📌High-Level Dialogue on Urban Resilience
#Listen2Cities @turkiyecop31
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🌐#Listen2Cities @turkiyecop31
📌High-Level Dialogue on Urban Resilience, Adaptation & Climate Action
🗣️@ABDELMALICKf, President @NkttRegion
"A country that governs without its cities deprives itself of essential resources and capacities to strengthen its resilience."
🌐#Listen2Cities at @turkiyecop31
@MayorofLondon Sadiq Khan
"We talk about climate change as a question of sacrifice. Health, happiness, opportunity are what we deliver. We are proof multilateralism can and does work. We are the climate doers, not climate sayers." @c40cities
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High-Level Dialogue Urban Resilience, Adaptation & Climate Action calls on science to guide actions @turkiyecop31
Leaders from @IPCC_CH @UNEP & @WorldBankGroup highlight the urgency of integrating climate science, DRR and urban resilience in NDC implementation
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🌐#Listen2Cities @turkiyecop31
✨High-Level Dialogue: Urban Resilience, Adaptation & Climate Action
Martin Krause, Director Climate Change Division @UNEP
"Overshoot of 1.5ºC is inevitable, but there are still choices we can make to return. Emissions must fall by 18% by 2030"
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🌐#Listen2Cities @turkiyecop31
✨High-Level Dialogue: Urban Resilience, Adaptation & Climate Action
@AnacludiaRossb1, ED @UNHABITAT
"Connecting the climate and infrastructure agendas requires stronger partnerships & not siloes. #LRGs shape the future of climate resilience"
🌐#Listen2Cities @turkiyecop31
📍High-Level Dialogue: Urban Resilience, Adaptation and Climate Action
📢@UCLG_President Uğur İbrahim Altay underlines the importance of global climate diplomacy & stronger support for local governments. Climate adaptation must be a priority
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🌐 Climate Justice, Just Transition & the Private Sector
📍GTF Pavilion
🤝 Connecting global agendas w/ local action is 🔑 to building resilience. By bridging challenges & opportunities and strengthening partnerships, we can unlock investment in resilient infrastructure.
#Listen2Cities @turkiyecop31
📍Climate Justice, Just Transition & the Private Sector at the GTF Pavilion @LACLIMA_
Connecting global agendas with local action is 🔑to resilience. Strengthening partnerships can unlock investment in infrastructure & empower #LocalGov to deliver.
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