Track 4
KNOWLEDGE SHARING
LEARNING FROM DOERS
To derive adaptation and mitigation lessons from early adopters—such as London, Mexico, and New York—for knowledge sharing and capacity building.
- How Mexico, London, or
New York crafted a response
to climate change
- Institutional arrangements
Designing complex adaptation and mitigation mechanisms
Mayoral leadership, office of long-term planning, or civil society initiatives
- Financing Arrangements
Foundations supported, scientists and planners volunteered, or tax dollars were used
- Partnerships
Ongoing discussions with C40, Cities Alliance, ICLEI, Metropolis, UCLG, UNEP, UN-Habitat, World Bank, concerned city government and local researchers
- Participation in creation of knowledge and global institutional structure for climate change in cities
Towards a ‘SBSTA for Cities’(Subsidiary Body for Scientific and Technological Advice) and a “Mayors’ IPCC”
* The four-track approach towards a global institutional architecture for Climate and Cities was conceptualized and crafted by Shagun Mehrotra, reviewed by Cynthia Rosenzweig and William Solecki and received feedback from the urban leadership of the World Bank, Cities Alliance, UN-Habitat, and various city mayors among others.