Program

Convenor: Carlos Nunes Silva (Chair of the IGU Commission Geography of Governance & University of Lisbon, Portugal)

Moderator: Doris Wastl-Walter (Professor Emerita, University of Bern, Switzerland)

13:00-13:15 (UTC) *

OPENING - A BRIEF INTRODUCTION TO THE WEBINAR

Carlos Nunes Silva (Chair of the IGU Commission Geography of Governance & University of Lisbon, Portugal)

Doris Wastl-Walter (Professor Emerita, University of Bern, Switzerland)

13:15 - 14:45 (UTC)

HOW CAN ‘ORDINARY’ CITIES BECOME CLIMATE PIONEERS?

Wolfgang Haupt (Leibniz-Institute for Research on Society and Space, Germany)

Peter Eckersley (Leibniz-Institute for Research on Society and Space, Germany & Nottingham Trent University, United Kingdom)

Kristine Kern (Leibniz-Institute for Research on Society and Space, Germany & Åbo Akademi University, Finland)

URBAN ADAPTATION PLAN TO CLIMATE CHANGE AS A RESPONSE OF LOCAL GOVERNANCE TO THE GLOBAL CLIMATE EMERGENCY

Marek Degórski (Institute Geography and Spatial Organization, Polish Academy of Sciences, Poland)

Bożena Degórska (Institute Geography and Spatial Organization, Polish Academy of Sciences, Poland)

THE COVENANT OF MAYORS IMPLEMENTATION IN SMALL ITALIAN MUNICIPALITIES: BUILDING AN INTEGRATED AND CLIMATE-RESPONSIVE URBAN VISION IN ITALY

Luigi Santopietro (University of Basilicata, Italy)

Francesco Scorza (University of Basilicata, Italy)

COAL WARS: AN EXPLORATION INTO THE MULTIPLE AND COMPLEX CHALLENGES OF A JUST TRANSITION TO A LOW-CARBON FUTURE IN SOUTH AFRICA: THE CASE OF THE EMALAHLENI LOCAL MUNICIPALITY

Verna Nel (University of the Free State, South Africa)

Mark Oranje (University of Pretoria, South Africa)

14:45 - 15:00 (UTC) - BREAK

15:00 - 16:30 (UTC)

EXPERIENCES WITH DEVELOPING THE CLIMATE ADAPTATION PLAN FOR THE POZNAŃ AGGLOMERATION IN POLAND - CO-CREATION WITH ENGAGING CITIZENS, SCIENTISTS, AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT

Paweł Churski (Faculty of Human Geography and Planning, Adam Mickiewicz University, Poland)

Patryk Kaczmarek (Faculty of Human Geography and Planning, Adam Mickiewicz University, Poland)

VULNERABILITY OF THE RUSSIA’S POPULATION TO CLIMATE RISKS: SPATIAL DIMENSION

Vera Vinogradova; Alexandr Sheludkov & Olga Glezer

CLIMATE CHANGE DISASTER RISK REDUCTION AND MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS IN POOR NEIGHBORHOODS: A CASE STUDY OF BUFFALO CITY, SOUTH AFRICA

Natal Buthelezi (Department of Urban and Regional Planning, University of the Free State, South Africa)

Abraham Matamanda (Department of Geography, University of the Free State, South Africa)

Verna Nel (Department of Urban and Regional Planning, University of the Free State, South Africa)

16:30 - 16:40 (UTC)

CLOSING

Doris Wastl-Walter (Professor Emerita, University of Bern, Switzerland)

Carlos Nunes Silva (Chair of the IGU Commission Geography of Governance & University of Lisbon, Portugal)

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