Collective Action Agenda: Locally Led Adaptation and Multilevel Governance

Join us in this morning session for sharing experience of locally led adaptation and multilevel governance processes as they relate to water resilience at the sub-national level and identify common approaches, principles and policies to supporting such processes.

Introduction – Kate Strachan, Senior Manager: Climate Change Resilience, Coastal Management & Disaster Risk Reduction, ICLEI Africa

Keynote presentation – Karlene Maywald, South Australian Water Ambassador

Political Panel – Facilitator: Kate Strachan

• Ramón Fernández-Pacheco, Regional Minister for Agriculture and Water, Andalusia
• H.E. Cecily Mbarire, Governor Embu County Government
• Patricia Lock Dawson, Mayor, City of Riverside, California
• H.R.H Jaime de Bourbon de Parme, Climate Envoy, Government of the Netherlands
• Cate Hart, Executive Director: Environment, Heritage & Sustainability, Department for Environment & Water, South Australia
• Faith Ngige, National Coordinator, Kenya Platform for Climate Governance, Pan-African Climate Justice Alliance

Technical Panel – Facilitator: Kate Strachan

• Saharnaz Mirzazad, Executive Director, ICLEI USA
• Michael Alexander, Head: Water, Environment, Agriculture and Sustainability, Diageo & Board Member of the Alliance for Water Stewardship
• Prof. Brad Moggridge, UTS Associate Dean (Indigenous Leadership and Engagement) Faculty of Science University of Technology Sydney
• Neil Dhot, Executive Director, Aquafed
• Ninni Ikkala-Nyman, Lead, Climate Adaptation, International Federation of the Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies

Closing – Kate Strachan