Expert meeting on urban environment, land use to hold in Bonn

A technical expert meeting that will focus on cross-cutting issues in urban environment and land use has been slated May 8-12, 2017 in Bonn, Germany.

The meeting will bring together Parties, Convention bodies, international organizations, the donor community, and relevant non-Party stakeholders, the event will provide a forum for discussion on how actions in urban environment and land use contribute to raising the mitigation ambition and facilitating sustainable development.

Beginning in 2014, the technical expert meeting is part of the technical examination process on mitigation to explore high potential mitigation policies, practices, and technologies with significant sustainable development benefits. COP21 further reinforced this, and called for the strengthening of the existing technical examination process through enhanced engagement and cooperation of stakeholders in this area.

This year’s technical expert meeting will include in-depth discussions and an exchange of experiences in implementing effective planning, policy frameworks, and financing instruments, with the objective of driving public and private investment for sustainable cities and land use.

It will also facilitate discussion on enhancing collaboration and partnerships among a wide range of stakeholders, including private investors, to scale up and replicate the best practices examined during the meeting.

To further compliment the discussion, the event will draw on concrete cases from developed and developing countries on mobilizing a diverse group of stakeholders, including the private sector. Experiences in urban services and agriculture, forestry, and other land use activities, with mitigation and sustainable development benefits will be explored. Additional examples in agriculture, forestry, and other land use sector, that generates global climate and sustainable development benefits will also be presented and discussed.

Wrapping up the week and the series of discussions, the meeting will conclude with an interactive session on building partnerships that deliver required technical and financial support for accelerated implementation of actions in cities and land use.