Mayors Adaptation Forum
“Making Cities Resilient”
Convened by the World Mayors Council on Climate Change as the high-level segment of the Congress, the Mayors Adaptation Forum drew over twenty local leaders and a dozen representatives from the endorsing partners to Bonn, Germany.
Through the course of their meetings, participants drafted the Bonn Declaration of Mayors and defined their adaptation roadmap.
In collaboration with the United Nations International Strategy for Disaster Reduction, the Mayors Adaptation Forum 2010 featured the launch of the campaig,n “Making Cities Resilient”, which allowed Mayors to commit to increasing the resilience of their communities.
- Read the Bonn Declaration of Mayors in English, French and Spanish
- Read about the first meeting of the Mayors Adaptation Forum
Specific Events (by invitation only)
Saturday 29 May
18.00-21.00 High Level Dinner – Drafting the Bonn Declaration of Mayors
Facilitator:
- Marcelo Ebrard, Mayor of Mexico City, Chair of the World Mayors Council on Climate Change
Highlighted speakers:
- David Cadman, President of ICLEI – Local Governments for Sustainability
- Helena Molin Valdes, Deputy Director, UNISDR
Sunday 30 May
08.00-08.45 Mayors Exchange Breakfast – Introducing the UNISDR Campaign “Making Cities Resilient”
Facilitator:
- Margareta Wahlström, UN Secretary General's Advisor on Disaster Reduction
Highlighted Speaker:
- Jurgën Nimptsch, Mayor of Bonn, Vice-Chair of the World Mayors Council on Climate Change
13.00-14.30 High Level Luncheon – Towards COP 16
Facilitated by the World Mayors Council on Climate Change
Venue: Club Raum, Gustav Streseman Institut
