LEAD INTERNATIONAL SESSION WORKBOOK Megacities & Climate Change Sustainable Cities in a Changing World Mexico City 16 - 22 November 2008 Name: Inspiring leadership for a sustainable world Contents Introduction LEAD International Training Sessions 1 Overall Schedule 3 Welcome Letter: Boris Graizbord 5 Welcome Letter: Simon Lyster 9 Learning Journey 11 Mapping Your Learning Journey 13 Step By Step Guide to the International Session 23 Module Overview 29 Ways of Working 33 Thematic Learning Units 35 Adapting to Climate Change in Urban Areas 43 Sustainable Cities and the Millennium Development Goals 49 Re-engineering Cities: A Framework for Adaptation to Global Change 53 Mexico City: Growth at the Limit 63 Background Reading/Viewing List 65 Day 1 Session 1: Welcome and Keynote Address 71 Session 2: Megacities and Climate Change: Global, Regional and National Perspectives 73 World City Network: Studying Inter-City Flows Within Contemporary Globalisation 77 The Urban Revolution of the Twenty-first Century 89 New Approaches to Urban Governance in Latin America 93 Session 3: Getting To Know Each Other 103 Session 4: Introduction to the Working Groups and Tasks 107 Listening and Questioning Skills 109 Working Across Cultures 119 Day 2 Session 5: Introduction to the Thematic Panels 121 Water and Sanitation 123 The Urban Water Challenge 125 Mexico City Water Management Example 127 Transport and Urban Mobility 129 Sustainable Cities, Sustainable Transportation 131 Moving People - Making City 135 LEAD Associate Networking Fair 139 Contents Day 3 Session 6: Introduction to the Thematic Panels 141 Energy Production and Consumption 143 Millions are Denied Access to Modern Energy Services 145 Land Use and Urban Development 147 Keeping It Informal 149 Day 4 & 5 Site Visits 153 Site Visits Summary 155 Day 6 Session 7: Leadership Panel 161 Eight Dimensions of Leadership: Self-Appraisal Exercise 163 Bridging Differences and Building Collaboration: The Critical Role of Leadership 165 Session 8: World Café Conversations: Leadership and Me 175 World Café 177 Session 9: Preparing Working Group Presentations 181 Powerful Presentations: Ten Top Tips 185 Day 7 Session 10: Working Group Presentations 187 Observer Feedback Form 189 Session 11: Working Group Evaluation 193 Session 12: Graduation and Closing Ceremony 197 LEAD Fellows Induction Kit 199 Contents Skills Modules Overview: Community and Stakeholder Engagement 209 Ten Things You Need to Know About Stakeholder Engagement 211 Education, Ownership and Solutions 213 Types of Involvement 219 Innovative Community Engagement Tools 221 Overview: Getting Your Message Across 225 Target Audience Grid 227 So What’s In It For Them? (SWIFT) 228 New Rules: New Game 229 Overview: Ethical Decision-making 235 The Diva’s Dilemma: What are the Ethical Aspects? 239 Overview: Sustainable Development Dialogues 243 Sustainable Development Dialogues: Background Information 247 Shell Fact Sheet 253 Overview: Shell 255 Learning Logs Cycle of Learning: The Importance of ‘Mulling’ Personal Learning Contract: Looking Ahead Personal Learning Logs Personal Development Plan Practical Information Guide LEAD International Training Sessions 1993 - 2007 International Trade and Sustainable Development Sustainable Community Development: A Challenge for 1993-1995, Thailand Governance and Resource Management 2001, Pakistan Sustainability on the Ground - Costa Rica 1993-1997, Costa Rica Disintegration or Integration: The Sustainability of Societies in Transition Sustainable Development in the Context of Land Tenure 2001, Commonwealth of Independent States and Land Use Management 1994-1998, Zimbabwe Our Future With(Out) Water? A Sustainable Management of Common Pool Resources Rural-Urban Dynamics: 2002, Mexico Interventions for Sustainable Development 1996, Japan Crossing Water Thresholds: Future Challenges of Managing a Threatened Global Resource Stakeholders and Decision-Making: Sustainable 2003, Mexico Development Through Integrated Water Management 1998, China Sustainable Agriculture and the Global Food Economy: Going Against the Grain? The Changing Role of the Intergovernmental System: 2004, United Kingdom Advancing Sustainable Development in the 21st Century 1999, USA Ecosystem Approaches to Human Health: Can People be Healthy in an Unhealthy World? Globalisation and Sustainability: 2005, Senegal Impacts on Local Communities 2000, Canada Stakeholder Participation in Environmental Governance 2006, India Diversity and Societies in Transition 2000, Brazil Leadership and Climate Change 2007, Indonesia MEGACITIES AND CLIMATE CHANGE > INTRODUCTION 1 2 MEGACITIES AND CLIMATE CHANGE > INTRODUCTION LEAD International Session 2008 Megacities & Climate Change: Sustainable Cities in a Changing World 16 – 22 November, Mexico DAY 1 • SUNDAY DAY 2 • MONDAY DAY 3 • TUESDAY DAY 4 • WEDNESDAY DAY 5 • THURSDAY DAY 6 • FRIDAY DAY 7 • SATURDAY Welcome and Working Groups Working Groups SITE VISITS SITE VISITS Working Groups Working Groups Keynote Address continued THEMATIC PANELS THEMATIC PANELS • Water & Sanitation PANEL DISCUSSION Working Groups • Transport & Urban • Energy Production Leadership Panel Presentations PANEL DISCUSSION • Water & Sanitation Mobility & Consumption Megacities and • Transport & • Energy Production • Land Use & Urban Leadership Café Climate Change: Urban Mobility & Consumption Development Conversations Setting the Scene • Land Use & Urban Development Lunch Lunch Lunch Lunch Lunch Lunch Lunch Getting to Know SKILLS MODULES SKILLS MODULES SITE VISITS Free Afternoon Preparing Working Working Group Each Other • Community & • Community & continued Group Presentations Evaluation Stakeholder Stakeholder Engagement Engagement • Getting Your • Getting Your Message Across Message Across Introductions to • Ethical Decision- • Ethical Decision- Graduation and Working Groups Making Making Closing Ceremony • Shell Global • Sustainable Scenario Building Development Dialogues (limited participation) Cultural event and Site Visits Briefing group dinner Group Reflections Group Reflections Group Reflections Group Reflections Welcome Reception Networking Fair Free evening Dinner at site visit Return to main venue Free evening Graduation dinner Working Group time Guest speaker session Site visit Skills-building session Whole Group Time 4 MEGACITIES AND CLIMATE CHANGE > INTRODUCTION Introduction Welcome Letter: Boris Graizbord National Program Director, LEAD México/El Colegio de México Welcome to Mexico City, the world’s second largest city1. Welcome to Xochitla, the ecological park at the edge of the urbanised area of this metropolis, a private environmental project dedicated to providing education on nature to schoolchildren, restoring and maintaining over 70 hectares of green areas, and introducing and conserving flora and fauna species endemic to the Valley of Mexico. Welcome to El Colegio de México. This college is part of a network of top graduate education and research institutions in social sciences and humanities, and LEAD Mexico’s host institution. Last year, at LEAD’s Committee of Directors’ Meeting, when the topic for the Cohort 13 International Session (IS) was being discussed, I proposed Mexico City as a venue. The subject and the approach for the IS “Megacities and Climate Change: Sustainable Cities in a Changing World” was appropriate for and should take place in Mexico City, I thought. Moreover, having previously organised two IS I was confident of being able to do so again. The organisation of this event has been hectic, full of difficulties but rewarding. At the beginning of 2008, LEAD Mexico suffered the loss of our communication officer who, in addition to carrying out his formal duties of maintaining the network and helping with the organisation of our domestic sessions, had the whole picture in his mind. On the other hand we have been lucky to work with such a great team at the LEAD International Secretariat. 1. http://www.worldatlas.com/citypops.htm MEGACITIES AND CLIMATE CHANGE > INTRODUCTION 5 What can we learn from the International Session and the subject chosen? In 2030, megacities, those huge agglomerations of people and human activities in economic, social, cultural, and technical endeavours, will be home to half the world’s total urban population, and this urban population will account for two thirds of the world’s total inhabitants. These large cities are interlinked within their national networks and with the global economy. Most megacities (urban concentrations of ten million or more inhabitants) are located in the developing countries of Latin America, the Asian continent, in particular the emerging economies of India and China, and in Africa. It is in these huge cities that most of what is produced in the world is consumed. Thus, in the production, distribution and consumption processes, these large urban areas will increase their share of Greenhouse Gases (GHG) emissions and will become increasingly vulnerable to global change and climate variability. It is in these agglomerations that the richest together with the majority of the very poorest populations are concentrated. Visitors will find the presence of beggars, street vendors and many informal activities at the main crossroads of the city. They will also find numerous gated communities in wealthy neighbourhoods housing the very rich in an extremely fragmented and contrasting urban space. On the other hand, it is in these urban areas that all kinds of job opportunities are available to the labour force; the population in general has access to a broad