Pre-summit visit: Monday 12 July Summit and conference: Tuesday 13 July
Summit / Press Conference Venue: PSP Studios Birmingham, Kings Norton Business Centre, 69 Melchett Rd, Kings Norton Business Centre, Birmingham B30 3HP. https://pspav.com/live-studios
At an international climate change summit in Birmingham (Tues 13 July), being co-convened by the Mayor of the West Midlands, Andy Street and UK100 (which represents over 100 local leaders), 40 local and regional leaders will make the case to Government for additional powers to tackle climate change, alongside representatives from 22 cities across the world. 32 leaders and mayors will sign a joint communique calling for new powers to be devolved from Whitehall including shaping local energy markets, decarbonising transport and tackling emissions from homes and offices. The International Net Zero Local Leadership Summit is being compared to the Paris City Hall Declaration in 2015, which paved the way for the Paris Climate Agreement at COP21.
Alongside the local and regional leaders, the conference will be addressed by Alok Sharma, the President-Elect of COP26, Rt Hon Kwasi Kwarteng MP, Secretary of State for Business and the Mayor of Los Angeles, Eric Garcetti.
Mayor Garcetti’s speech is available to download here (under strict embargo to 00.01, Tuesday 13 July)
https://bit.ly/uk100Garcetti
NB. Due to Covid-19 restrictions any media who wish to attend in person must register in advance via alex.bigham@uk100.org / Neil.Elkes@wmca.org.uk as well as online at https://www.uk100.org/media
Pre-summit visit - 18.00 Monday 12 July
Venue: 100 Darlaston Road, Wednesbury, WS10 7SR
Ahead of the summit Mayor Andy Street and Polly Billington from UK100 will visit Green Square Accord, a retrofit housing scheme in Walsall. The project has transformed 22 homes in Darlaston, thanks to an innovative retrofit project to improve energy efficiency and reduce residents’ fuel bills. The apartment block has been upgraded through the installation of a ‘whole house wrap’ of timber framed panels, dramatically improving the insulation and appearance of the property. Further details and video about the scheme https://accordgroup.org.uk/news/2021-07-01/retrofit-whole-house-wrap-project-delivers-lower-fuel-bills-for-residents
Register for the pre-summit press conference: 10.00 - 10.30am, 13 July
Participants include: West Midlands Mayor Andy Street; Polly Billington - CEO of UK100, Liverpool City Region Mayor Steve Rotheram, Cllr Susan Aitken, Leader of Glasgow City Council.
Register for the summit (on camera session): 10.30am - 11am, 13 July
Speakers include Mayor of the West Midlands Andy Street, Mayor of London Sadiq Khan, Chairman of the Climate Change Committee John Gummer (Lord Deben), Cllr Lucy Nethsingha, Leader of Cambridgeshire Council and Cllr Susan Aitken, Leader of Glasgow City Council.
NB Mayor Andy Street and Polly Billington will attend the press conference and summit in person, due to Covid-19 restrictions other speakers will appear virtually.
This summit is part of a wider effort from UK local leaders offering a partnership to national government, aimed at activating stronger and more collaborative work towards Net Zero.
It runs prior to the International Net Zero Local Leadership Conference on the same day, 13:30-16:30, which you can register for here.
Full Agenda: https://www.uk100.org/events/international-net-zero-local-leadership-conference
Speakers at the summit and conference include
Rt Hon Alok Sharma MP, COP President-Designate
Rt Hon Kwasi Kwarteng MP, Secretary of State for Business
Eric Garcetti, Mayor of Los Angeles
Andy Street, Mayor of West Midlands
Steve Rotheram, Mayor of Liverpool City Region
Andy Burnham, Mayor of Greater Manchester
Marvin Rees, Mayor of Bristol
Tracey Brabin, Mayor of West Yorkshire
John Gummer (Lord Deben), Climate Change Committee
Polly Billington, CEO of UK100
Rebecca Pow MP, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Defra
Eddie Hughes MP, Minister for Housing
Selaine Saxby MP, MP for North Devon
Helen Hayes MP, Executive member of APPG on Air Pollution
Shirley Rodrigues, Deputy Mayor for Energy and Environment, Greater London Authority
Cllr Michael Michael, Cabinet Member for Environment, Cardiff City Council
Cllr Kevin Guy, Leader, Bath & NE Somerset Council
Cllr Donald Davies, Leader of North Somerset Council
Cllr Susan Brown, Leader of Oxford City Council
Cllr Dan Humphreys, Leader of Worthing Council
Cllr Georgia Gould, Leader of Camden Council
Cllr Phelim Mac Cafferty, Leader of Brighton & Hove City Council
Cllr David Hitchiner, Leader of Herefordshire Council
Duncan Burt, Director of COP26 and Responsible Business, National Grid
Carl Ennis, CEO of GB&I, Siemens
The international conference that follows the summit will include a keynote address from the Mayor of Los Angeles, Eric Garcetti, along with participants from 22 cities across the world: Abidjan, Athens, Buenos Aires, Cape Town, Copenhagen, Denver, Durban, Freetown, Houston, Kampala, Lisbon, Los Angeles, Melbourne, Phoenix, Pittsburgh, Seattle, Tokyo, Tshwane, Warsaw, Washington DC, Wellington and City of Yarra (Australia).
