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Daring Cities 2022 brought together 1,800 bold leaders in Bonn

Daring Cities 2022 kicked off on 3 October, 2022, World Habitat Day, with its global virtual forum hosted by ICLEI - Local Governments for Sustainability, in partnership with the City of Bonn, and was attended by 1,800 bolder leaders from 700 cities and 130 nations.

“We’re proud to co-host Daring Cities 2022 and share insights on how the City of Bonn has embedded climate action across departments and engaged businesses, academia, nonprofits, and civil society to meet our goal of net zero emissions by 2030,” said Katja Dörner, Mayor of Bonn,  Germany, who co-chairs the Climate Action and Low Emission Portfolio within the ICLEI Global Executive Committee.

The global virtual forum consisted of seven high level dialogues and thirteen workshops focusing on the exchange of best practices, providing technical training, and sharing timely insights from leaders taking bold climate action and tackling the multifaceted challenges of climate emergency finance. The forum showed once again that cities and regions are the epicenter of the climate emergency response.

ICLEI, as the United Nations’ designated focal point for Local Governments and Municipal Authorities Constituency (LGMA), will elevate the voices of cities and regions by hosting the Multilevel Action Pavilion in the Blue Zone during the climate negotiation process at UNFCCC COP27 in Sharm El-Sheik, Egypt, 6-18 November, 2022. 

Sharon Dijksma, Mayor of Utrecht, the Netherlands, will serve as the Special Envoy for UNFCCC COP27 Ministerials and Mohamed Sefiani, Mayor of Chefchaouen, Morocco, will serve as the Special Envoy for Africa for UNFCCC COP27.

For more information, visit  www.daringcities.org (opens in a new tab)