Cities and Climate Change Science Conference on Monday, March 5th, 2018

OPENING PLENARY

Moderator: David Miller, C40, Canada
Speakers: Julie Greenwalt, Cities Alliance; Minister Amarjeet Sohi; Deputy Premier Sarah Hoffman; Grand Chief Dr. Wilton Littlechild, Confederacy of Treaty #6; Audrey Poitras, President of Metis Nation, Alberta; Elder Ron Arcand, Alexander First Nation; Seth Schultz, C40; Hoesung Lee, IPCC Chair; Don Iveson, Mayor of Edmonton; Shobhakar Dhakal, Asian Institute for Technology, Thailand; Diana Ürge-Vorsatz, Central European University

PRESS CONFERENCE

Click here to watch the official opening press conference

THEME 1 PLENARY: Cities & climate change

Moderator: Tom Dallesio, New City
Speakers: Mark Watts, Executive Director, C40 Cities; Aromar Revi, IIHS; Peter Head, Ecological Sequestration Trust, Resilience Brokers; Amy Luers, Executive Director, Future Earth International; Nathalie Jean-Baptiste, Institute of Human Settlements Studies; Sheela Patel, Slum Dwellers International
Keynote: Aromar Revi, IIHS

Parallel Sessions & Lunch (not webcast)

THEME 2 PLENARY: Urban emissions, impacts and vulnerabilities

Moderator: David Miller, C40, Canada
Speakers: Maria Amparo Martinez Arroyo, National Institute of Ecology and Climate Change (Mexico); Stephany Uy Tan, Mayor of Catbalogan, Philipines; Mark Pelling, King’s College (UK); Valerie Masson-Delmotte, LSCE (France)
Keynotes: Emilia Saiz, Secretary General, UCLG (Spain); Tong Zhu, Peking University; Debra Roberts, eThekwini Municipality, South Africa