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Final Agenda #Eefcities Wifi login: see Annex II Final agenda #EEFcities WG Water WG GAB WG AQCCEE WG Waste all day (green areas and (air quality, climate change, biodiversity) energy efficiency) Wednesday 3rd April late afternoon Steering committee evening Covenant of Mayors Signing Ceremony and Official Dinner Session 1: The concept of resilience morning Session 2: Political debate – climate resilient cities Session 3: City resilience strategies Thursday 4th April afternoon Session 4: Deep-dive sessions: risk assessment, stakeholder partnerships, community resilience Site visits: see below for more information evening Informal dinner (at own costs) Session 5: Cultural/natural heritage and resilience Friday morning Session 6: Network update 5th April Session 7: City networking session noon (optional) Light lunch CONTACTS: Chair Daniel Freitas [email protected] EUROCITIES Joana Cruz [email protected] Heather Brooks [email protected] Genoa Alessandra Risso [email protected] Comune di Genova Map, also available online: http://bit.ly/2W8iHmz Keynote speakers: Giuseppe Zampini, Chief Executive Officer, Ansaldo Energia Giuseppe Zampini has been CEO of Ansaldo Energia since 2001. He reshaped the Company’s business as it is today, growing internationally and developing independent technology platforms in Gas Turbines, Electric Generators and Steam Turbines. In the aftermath of the Morandi bridge disaster, Ansaldo Energia has been actively involved in collaborating with local and national authorities and civil protection agencies to share their experience and skills however they can. As CEO of the company, Giuseppe Zampini has taken the lead in coordinating these efforts and develop strategic partnerships with various stakeholders in order to ensure effective recovery in the face of increasing shocks. Esteban Leon, Chief of Risk Reduction Unit and Head of City Resilience Profiling Programme, UN-Habitat Esteban Leon has a background in economics, finance, shelter/housing and settlements program design and management, capacity building, as well as building construction and reconstruction projects in post-crisis situations. He has worked in private sector (banking, microcredit and microfinance in Argentina and Bolivia), NGOs (slum upgrading, building constructions and reconstruction programmes in Bolivia and Kenya) and has been working for UN-Habitat Globally but based in Nairobi, Geneva, Panama and Barcelona. Esteban has developed, fundraised, initiated and managed projects on Disaster Management and Post conflict shelter/housing and settlements recovery in Angola, Mozambique, Kenya, Pakistan, Lebanon, Peru, Colombia, Georgia, Gaza, Haiti, El Salvador, Fiji &Samoa and lately Lebanon, Syria, Philippines and Ecuador while supporting UN-HABITAT in Somalia, Myanmar and Bangladesh operations. He is the Global Programme Manager of the “Making cities sustainable and resilient: Implementing the Sendai Framework for DRR 2015-2030 at the local level” joint programme EC DG DEVCO/UN-ISDR & UN-Habitat implementing the City Resilience Programme in Asuncion (Paraguay), Barcelona (Spain), Dakar (Senegal), Maputo (Mozambique), Port Vila (Vanuatu) and Yakutsk (Russia). Esteban is also de Chair of the UN-ISDR "Making Cities Resilient" Global Campaign Steering Committee. Rational: Cities are facing increasing threats from climate change. From flooding to droughts and heatwaves, research shows that even if we limit global warming to 1.5 degrees, most European cities will be much more severely affected by climate change than previously thought. Indeed, cities are already experiencing the consequences of man-made climate change. Last summer’s heatwave and drought brought deadly fires to Sweden and Greece, and broke temperature records across much of northern and central Europe. As our climate changes, cities must change too. This forum aims to improve understanding of what challenges cities face and what it means to be a climate resilient city, exploring why (and how) climate resilience can be a priority for the renewed EU institutions. By assessing different resilience strategies from cities across Europe, participants will discuss and determine what aspects of these strategies can be transferred and replicated in other cities. DAY 1: Wednesday 3rd April Venue: Palazzo della Meridiana, Salita San Francesco 4 08.30 - 09.00 Welcome coffee and registrations, open all day Venue: Palazzo della Meridiana, Entrance hall 09.00 - 12.30 WG AQCCEE WG Water WG GAB WG Waste (Air Quality, Climate (Green Areas and Change and Energy Biodiversity) Efficiency) 12.30 - 13.30 Lunch Venue: Palazzo della Meridiana, Room “Sala 900” WG AQCCEE WG Water WG GAB WG Waste 13.30 - 17.30 (Air Quality, (Green Areas and Climate Change Biodiversity) and Energy Efficiency) 17.30 - 18.30 Steering committee (WG Chairs only) 19.00 - 22.00 Signing Ceremony of Covenant of Mayors 2030 targets and Official Dinner (see below) 19.00 - 20.10 Signing Ceremony of the Covenant of Mayors 2030 targets Venue: Salone di Rappresentanza, Palazzo Tursi, Via Garibaldi 9 The EU has committed to reducing its greenhouse gas emissions by 40% by 2030. Now cities across Europe are joining the Covenant of Mayors movement for increased action on climate change by pledging themselves to this EU wide target. Today, the community gathers more than 8,800 local and regional authorities across 57 countries. Together, we are working to address the many challenges climate change presents to make our cities sustainable, climate-resilient and vibrant places! Our signatories benefit from encouragement by and examples of other pioneers, while strengthening collaboration with their citizens and local stakeholders through the development and monitoring of climate action plans. Join us for this celebration of politicians’ commitments to the CoM 2030 targets and to the future. Anna-Lisa Boni, Secretary General of EUROCITIES will welcome us and lead us through the night’s celebrations. We will have an introductory address by Alessandra Sgobbi, from DG CLIMA, before moving to hearing from the cities themselves on what it means for them to sign-up to the 2030 targets. The Mayor of Genoa, Marco Bucci, will give a short speech before we wrap up the event with closing remarks by Filip Araujo, Chair of EUROCITIES Environment Forum and Vice President for Porto. Cities that are committing to the 2030 targets: - Marco Bucci, Mayor, Muncipality of Genoa - Filipe Araujo, Vice President, City of Porto - Chiara Appendino, Mayor, City of Turin - Erion Veliaj, Mayor, City of Tirana - Valentina Orioli, Deputy Mayor for Urban Planning, Real Estate, Environment, Preservation and Redevelopment of the Historical City, City of Bologna - Christel Kohler, Deputy Mayor for the Environment, City of Strasbourg - Anna-Kaisa Heinämäki, Deputy Mayor of Growth, Innovation and Competitiveness Sector, City of Tampere - Ilaria Segala, Councillor for Urban planning, Economic and popular construction, Environment, City of Verona - Agnes Schönfelder, Head of Climate Change Strategy Office, City of Mannheim - Daniel Rees, Political Advisor to Vice Mayor for Urban Development, City of Oslo 20.15 - 22.00 Official Dinner Venue: Eataly Restaurant, Edificio Millo Porto Antico, Calata Cattaneo 15 DAY 2: Thursday 4th April Venue: Palazzo della Meridiana, Salita San Francesco 4 8.30 - 9.00 Welcome coffee and registrations Venue: Palazzo della Meridiana, Entrance hall 9.00 - 09.10 Welcome by Matteo Campora, Deputy Mayor for the Environment, City of Genoa 09.10 - 09.50 Session 1: The Concept of Resilience The opening to our forum will highlight the convergence between climate change and infrastructure, placing a particular focus on developing resilient structures. Genoa has suffered from a number of shocks, from earthquakes to flooding, and of course most recently the devastating collapse of the Morandi bridge. In the aftermath of this disaster, Ansaldo Energia has been actively involved in collaborating with local and national authorities and civil protection agencies to share their experience and skills however they can. As Director of the company, Giuseppe Zampini will provide insight into how Genoa has been affected by climate change and how it is taking steps to increase its resilience in the light of increasing shocks. Keynote: Giuseppe Zampini, Chief Executive Officer, Ansaldo Energia The session will introduce the concept of resilience and in particular the resilience to climate change, setting the stone for the whole conference. As head of the UN-Habitat City Resilience Profiling Programme, Estaban Leon will highlight the cost of non-adaptation and the two faces of resilience (i.e. ability to recover quickly from shocks and adopting a path to transform a city) Keynote: Esteban Leon, Head of City Resilience Profiling Programme, UN-Habitat 09.50 - 11.05 Session 2: Political debate – climate resilient cities This session will explore what cities are doing to prepare themselves and adapt to climate change. We will ask what the European Commission is currently doing to help cities adapt and improve resilience. Politicians will then comment on what they need from the European institutions to help them deal with the increasing pressure climate change is putting on their cities and citizens. Moderator: Anna-Lisa Boni, Secretary General, EUROCITIES Panel discussion: - Chiara Appendino, Mayor, City of Turin - Christel Kohler, Deputy Mayor for Environment, City of Strasbourg - Audrey Linkenheld, Councilor for Diversity and Social Innovation, in charge of the Green Capital
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