GLASGOW: Beat the Heat

As temperatures rise, cities around the world need to create strategies to cool down, reduce GHG emissions and safeguard vulnerable populations. This session will showcase tools and solutions cities can use to tackle urban heat in sustainable and comprehensive ways, to protect the people and the planet alike.

Moderator

• Andy Deacon, Acting Managing Director, Global Covenant of Mayors for Climate & Energy

Speakers

• Tomas Anker Christensen, Ambassador for Climate Change, Denmark
• Jules Kortenhorst, Chief Executive Officer, RMI
• H.E. Yvonne Denise Aki-Sawyerr, Mayor of Freetown, Sierra Leone

Organizer: United Nations Environment Programme; Cool Coalition with Clean Cooling Collaborative; Rocky Mountain Institute; Mission Innovation; Global Covenant of Mayors

Not in Glasgow or Helsinki? Don’t worry. All events will be streamed by our media partner, We Don’t Have Time. Follow this event live on their COP26 streaming hu