Energy: Local Action, Global Impact

Organized in cooperation with ICLEI

Without a doubt, access to affordable, modern energy services is a prerequisite for sustainable human development. This dialogue session will feature speakers from both developing and developed countries discussing energy and transport solutions. The first part of this dialogue will seek to identify affordable and successful renewable energy options for cities and highlight the role of industry and public-private-partnerships in realizing this objective. The second part of the dialogue will consider novel approaches to sustainable urban transport. Participants will be challenged to identify how cities can lead the way in promoting more energy efficient and cleaner transport through “leapfrogging technologies” adapted to the particular needs of cities.

Facilitator:

• Kevin Newman, News Anchor, Global National, Canada

Commentators to include:

• Vijay Modi, Professor, Mechanical Engineering, Columbia University, USA
• Enrique Peñalosa, Visiting Scholar, New York University, USA ; former Mayor, City of Bogotá, Columbia
• Anumita Roychowdhury, Coordinator Policy Research and Advocacy on vehicular pollution in India for the “Centre for Science and Environment” (CSE), India
• Mary Jane C. Ortega, Mayor, City of San Fernando, The Philippines
• Harriette Amissah-Arthur, Director, KITE, Ghana