CONTENTS
WEEK
Conference Outcomes and Way Forward Executive Summary Speakers
In partnership
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SUSTAINABILITY
Declaration On Advancing Sustainability In African Cities Representation Mayoral Banners
PROGRAMME OVERVIEW TUESDAY 31 MAY: PLENARY • Presentations by leading speakers • Technical keynote inputs • Mayors’ Sustainability Shares • Engagement with visiting mayoral delegations • Mayors’ Cocktail function WEDNESDAY 1 JUNE: • SABC Morning Live Broadcast • Tour: The Green Mile • Parallel technical seminars / conferences / debates: • Green Building
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Sustainable Energy Day 1 Food Security Transport & Mobility Green Business Sustainability in Mining
THURSDAY 2 JUNE: • Tour: Tshwane Food and Energy Centre in Bronkhorstspruit & Kwaggasrand Material Recovery Facility • Climate change debate
CONFERENCE OUTCOMES AND THE WAY FORWARD Extract from the Close Out Speech given by the Executive Mayor We hereby reaffirm our commitment to advancing the Tshwane Declaration 2015 and further commit to accelerate action through: • We will establish a collective think tank of common initiatives that we will present at COP22 being hosted by the City of Marrakesh in December 2016. • We undertake to measure our city’s carbon emissions and establish a baseline Greenhouse Gas Emissions Inventory in each city. • We will jointly engage with development agencies and other international partners that have a focus on and interest in local government to garner support for climate resilience programmes. • Establish clear partnerships with the private sector for investment in bankable projects.
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• Convene a platform conducive for technical engagements and to develop a clear implementation programme for our cities, focusing primarily on the Sustainable Development Goals and in particular Outcome 11: Make cities and human settlements inclusive, safe, resilient and sustainable • In support of this technical panel, we undertake to submit the names of City representatives to the ACCSF secretariat, which is currently hosted by the City of Tshwane • We re-confirm that the City of Tshwane will host the ACCSF 2017 and that between now and June 2017, a process of selecting the next host city for 2018 will be undertaken in preparation for an announcement during ACCSF 2017. To this effect, we would welcome interested cities to indicate their willingness to host ACCSF 2018.