Room Berlin, World Conference Center Bonn (WCCB), Bonn, Germany
12 June 2026
Key details
Date: 12 June 2026
Time: 10:30 – 11:45 am
Venue: Room Berlin, World Conference Center Bonn (WCCB), Bonn, Germany
Format: Panel presentation and discussion
Audience: National governments, subnational governments, policy makers, urban
practitioners, climate action and development partners
Contact: Karishma Asapota ([email protected]), and Lea Ranalder
([email protected])
Overview
The review of NDCs 3.0 shows that cities and urban areas are increasingly included in
national climate commitments. NDC implementation plans can deepen the perspective on
how this will be done, yet this also depends on multilevel finance and coordination across all
levels of government. This session examines how national and local governments can
cooperate to mobilize blended finance and deliver urban climate action at scale.
Speakers
● ICLEI’s GreenClimateCitiesTM Program: Multilevel Governance & Action to
ensure a Just Transition – Maryke van Staden, ICLEI World Secretariat (moderator)
● Urban Content of NDCs – Lea Ranalder, UN-Habitat
● Nature-climate synergy – Mirey Attallah, Adaptation and Resilience Branch, UNEP.
● Reflections from CHAMP co-chair Brazil on the way forward – Antonio Da Costa,
International Affairs Office, Brazilian Ministry of Cities
● Local Policies for National Ambition – Chilando Chitangala, Chairperson of the
ICLEI Africa RexCom, & Vice-Chairperson of the CoM SSA Regional Mayors,
Lusaka, Zambia
● Multilevel Governance to ensure a Just Transition –
● Germano Bremm, Municipal Secretary for the Environment, Urban Planning, and
Sustainability, Porto Alegre, Brazil (intervention in Portuguese with simultaneous
interpretation in English)
● Reflections from the LGMA Constituency – Ariel Dekovic, LGMA Focal Point
Objectives
● Showcasing examples of urban leadership in NDC implementation. Highlighting
local governments are translating national climate commitments into concrete, locally
led-action, drawing on evidence from NDC 3.0 reviews and on-the-ground
experience.
● Advancing multilevel governance frameworks. Exploring mechanisms for
strengthening coordination between national and local governments to ensure that
NDC implementation plans reflect and support urban climate priorities.
● Understanding nature-climate synergies in urban policy. Demonstrating how
integrating nature-based solutions into city-level climate strategies can amplify both
mitigation and adaptation outcomes under NDCs.
● Strengthening the role of the LGMA Constituency. Reinforcing the voice of local
and regional governments for greater formal recognition of subnational actors in
NDCs.
● Centering equity and just transition principles. Ensuring that climate action be it
urban or national leaves no one behind, by embedding social equity into multilevel
governance and financing processes.
| 10:30-10:40 (10 min) | ICLEI’s GreenClimateCitiesTM Program: Multilevel Governance & Action to ensure a Just Transition
Maryke van Staden, Director ICLEI carbonn Climate Center; Director of Business Development |
| 10:41 – 10:48 (7 min) | Urban Content of NDCs
Lea Ranalder, Program Management Officer – Multilevel Climate Action, UN-Habitat |
| 10:49 – 10:55 (6 min) | Reflections from CHAMP co-chair Brazil on the way forward
Antonio Da Costa, Head of the International Affairs Office, Brazilian Ministry of Cities |
| 10:56 – 11:02 (6 min) | Local Policies for National Ambition
Chilando Chitangala, Chairperson of the ICLEI Africa RexCom & Vice-Chairperson of the CoM SSA Regional Mayors, Zambia |
| 11:03 – 11:15 (12 min) | Multilevel Governance to Ensure a Just Transition
Germano Bremm, Municipal Secretary for the Environment, Urban Planning, and Sustainability, City of Porto Alegre, Brazil. |
| 11:16 – 11:22 (6 min) | Nature-climate Synergy
Mirey Atallah, Head of Adaptation and Resilience Branch, UNEP |
| 11:23 – 11:29 (6 min) | Reflections from the LGMA constituency
Ariel Dekovic, LGMA Focal Point, ICLEI World Secretariat |
| 11:30-45 (15 min) | Q&A |