Through their planning, procuring, regulating and convening roles, cities can be testbeds for future economic systems that shift away from the take-make-waste model which is contributing to the triple crisis of social inequality, climate change and biodiversity depletion. This session will gather local government leaders whose jurisdictions are at the forefront of the just, circular and nature-based transitions, and showcase tangible examples of how this can be done in practice.

Speakers

Moderator: Kale Roberts, Senior Program Officer, ICLEI USA

David McDonald, Councillor & Deputy Leader Glasgow City Council and City Convener for Culture, Vibrancy and International Cooperation, Glasgow, UK
Minna Arve, Mayor of Turku, Finland & ICLEI Vice President 
Filipe Araújo, Vice-Mayor of Porto, Portugal (confirmed virtually)
Kelly King, Council Member of Maui County, USA (confirmed in person)

Programme

16:00 - 16:15
Speaker arrival at the venue / on Zoom
16:30 - 16:40
Thematic and speakers introduction by the moderator
16:40 - 17:40
Speaking interventions: 10 min per city (with 5 min Q&A after every presentation)

• David McDonald, Councillor & Deputy Leader Glasgow City Council and City Convener for Culture, Vibrancy and International Cooperation, Glasgow, UK (in person)
• Minna Arve, Mayor of Turku, Finland & ICLEI Vice President (video message confirmed)
• Filipe Araújo, Vice-Mayor of Porto, Portugal (confirmed virtually)
• Kelly King, Council Member of Maui County, USA (in person)

17:40 - 17:45
Closing remarks by the moderator

Organizers
This session is organized by ICLEI´s Urban Transitions Alliance, a global network of industrial legacy cities who have committed to realizing sustainable and inclusive urban transitions, and ICLEI Circulars, the first platform for circular economy developed specifically for local governments, providing them with news, resources and peer-to-peer exchanges and CLEVER Cities, an Horizon 2020-funded project that uses nature-based solutions to address urban challenges and promote social inclusion in cities across Europe, South America and China.

The speakers will be on location in Glasgow, but the session can be attended online via the following link.