The session aims to showcase subnational and local climate actions from the global south and how these are driving regional and global climate action. The session will put a spotlight on select climate champions, showcase peer to peer learning best practices as well as bring out leadership voices from the global south.

Objectives:

  • Enable peer to peer learning among multiple stakeholders like CSOs, governments and other experts
  • Facilitate south-south collaboration on just transition, climate action and capacity building
  • Identify workable solutions and capacity building opportunities that can be scaled up/ replicated to other regions to accelerate climate action

The session will start with welcoming the participants and speakers followed by a short presentation to set the context. This will be followed by a panel discussion having representation from the global south including youth, indigenous groups, governments and civil society to deliberate on the sub-national and local climate actions from the global south and how these are driving regional and global climate action. This will be followed by an interactive story-telling session which will put a spotlight on select climate champions, showcasing peer-to-peer learning and sharing best practices as well as bring out leadership voices from the global south. The session will conclude after this with a vote of thanks.

The event is being jointly organized by Climate Group, WRI India and Race To Zero - The UN Climate Change High-Level Champions.

SPEAKERS

  • Jane Lumumba, Africa Delivery Lead, UN High-Level Champions
  • Punit Gandhi, Lead (Projects), Climate Centre for Cities, National Institute of Urban Affairs, India
  • Starlene Sharma, Founding Partner, Green Artha
  • Braulina Baniwa, Director, ANMIGA
  • Aditya Thackeray, Former Environment Minister, Govt of Maharashtra
  • Saransh Bajpai, Associate Director, Climate, WRI India
  • Saurabh Jain Punamiya, Net-Zero Expert Review Group, India Engagements & Climate Policy, The Climate Change High-Level Champions
  • Rana Pujari, Senior Manager - South Asia Government Relations, Climate Group