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Annual2011
The Sixth Global Forum on Human Settlements
Building Low-Carbon Cities: A Response to Climate Change
New York 7-8 April 2011
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Mr. Cheick Diarra, United Nations
Under-Secretary-General and High Representative for the Least Developed
Countries, Landlocked Developing Countries and Small Island Developing States
Ambassador Anwarul K. Chowdhury, Former
Under-Secretary-General and High Representative of the United
Nations, Chairman of Global Forum on Human Settlements（GFHS）
Mr. Adam Fred, Deputy Director, Office for Long-term Planning
and Sustainable Development, New York City, giving a speech on behalf of Mayor Michael
Bloomberg
Mr. Arab Hoballah,
Chief, Sustainable Consumption and Production, UNEP
Mr. Zheng Guichun, Deputy Mayor, City of Yuyao, Zhejiang, China
Mr. Dan Hoornweg, Lead Urban Advisor, Cities & Climate
Change, World Bank
Main Contents:
1. Reception
2. Opening ceremony, plenary, discussions, round tables, etc.
3. Exhibition: Low-carbon city construction’s Best Practices
4. Declaration of Building Low-carbon City: A Response to Climate Change
5. Global Human Settlements Award Ceremony
Participants:
Government officials, United Nations officials, heads of international organizations, city mayors, experts and scholars, planners, architects, developers, international entrepreneurs, etc.
Plenary Meeting
1. The Role and Responsibility for City in Combating Climate Change
2. The Opportunities and Challenges in Building Low-Carbon City after COP16.
3. Enhance Cooperation to Meet Challenges
4. Enlightenment of the Shanghai World Expo and the COP16
5. International Standard for Determining Greenhouse Gas Emissions for Cities
6. Global City Indicators Facility
7. Low-Carbon Urban Planning
8. Innovation of Policy and Finance
Parallel meeting1: Energy Efficient Buildings
1. Low-Carbon City and Energy Efficient Buildings
2. Sustainable Building Index
3. Common Carbon Metric
4. Best Practices
Parallel meeting 2: Building Low-carbon Cities and Business Responsibility
1. The Role and Responsibility for Business in Combating Climate Change
2. Low-Carbon City and Clean Energy
3. Green Transport
4. Low-Carbon Industry and Green Innovation
5. Best Practices
Parallel meeting 3: Low-carbon education, knowledge sharing and expertise
1. Innovative Educational Methods and Guide the Public to Consciously Participate in Combating Climate Change
2. Government's Role and Function in Low-Carbon Education
3. NGO's Role and Function in Low-Carbon Education
4. Low-Carbon Expertise
5. Best Practices