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OnDemand Webinar: Cities Climate Action Weeks: A global movement with local impact
Inspired by London, find out how Baku, Rio de Janeiro, Bangkok and Prague are creating their own Climate Action Weeks to drive ambitious local change - and are helping to build a powerful global movement.
Date recorded: Wednesday 18 June 2025
Length: 60 minutes + Q&A
Cities are increasingly leading the charge on climate action - and around the world, inspired by London’s unique model, many are organising their own Climate Action Weeks to mobilise communities, accelerate policy, and spark collaboration.
This webinar brings together representatives from Baku, Rio de Janeiro, Bangkok and Prague to discuss how they are working with London to create Climate Action Weeks to drive local action - while contributing to a growing global movement.
This timely session took place in the build up to London Climate Action Week (21–29 June 2025), which was founded in 2019 and has grown into the world’s most influential whole-of-society climate change festival. The event convenes local and international voices to accelerate action across policy, business, finance, and civil society.
You’ll gain insights from pioneering cities that are creating their own Climate Action Weeks, leveraging their partnership with London, and discover how your organisation or city can join this growing network of local climate leaders.
This event is hosted by SmartCitiesWorld, a trusted media and events platform focused on solving urban challenges, in partnership with London Climate Action Week. Through its Cities Climate Action Campaign, launched in 2022, SmartCitiesWorld has been amplifying the power of city-led climate initiatives via research, journalism, and events. In 2024, its Cities Climate Action Summit became a flagship feature of LCAW.
Now, in partnership with London Climate Action Week, SmartCitiesWorld is calling on more cities, subnational governments, and partners to launch their own Climate Action Weeks.
Why attend?
This session is ideal for:
- City leaders, policymakers, and urban practitioners exploring new engagement strategies
- Organisations interested in adapting the Climate Action Week model to their local context
- Stakeholders seeking to link local efforts to global frameworks and networks
Together, we’ll show how local efforts can deliver global impact - and how your city can be part of this vital movement.
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Nigar Arpadarai
Nigar Arpadarai is an independent member of the Parliament/Milli Majlis of Azerbaijan, representing one of the central constituencies of the city of Baku from 2020. She is a UN Climate Change High Level Champion for COP29.
Ms. Arpadarai was elected to Parliament after 15 years of professional experience in international organizations, sports and telecommunications. She is a member of 2 parliamentary committees - Foreign and Inter-Parliamentary Relations Committee (being the deputy Chair of the Committee) and the Committee on Natural resources, energy and ecology. |
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Sharin Govender Senior Professional Officer, ICLEI Oceania
Sharin is a climate and sustainability professional with nearly two decades of local government experience across disciplines of biodiversity, climate, and sustainable energy. Sharin’s background includes emissions reporting, climate change and mitigation policy development, and delivering energy transitions and resilience projects across Africa and Oceania. Sharin has a Master of Science in Sustainable Development. She is currently pursuing joint post graduate studies in Carbon Management and Sustainable Energy, with a Masters in Environment and Climate Emergency. Her extensive experience in influencing environmental and regional planning processes, and mobilising climate finance and partnerships make her a valuable addition to the ICLEI Oceania team.
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Marcelo de Andrade
Marcelo has more than 35 years of experience working in the area of socioeconomic development and implementation of sustainable corporate, governmental and non-governmental projects.
He is a medical doctor, former Brazilian olympic rowing athlete and expeditionary. During his expeditions, he had his first direct contact with environmental problems caused by non-sustainable development. It was through these experience that he developed the model for Pro Natura as an institution that combined economic growth with human development and quality of life.
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Leo Horn-Phathanothai Founder and Convenor, Bangkok Climate Action Week
Leo Horn-Phathanothai is a Bangkok-based author, strategist, ecosystem builder, and non-profit leader, working to accelerate green transitions in Southeast Asia with local, Chinese and international actors. He is an Affiliate Researcher with the Stockholm Environment Institute (SEI) Asia and with the Chiangmai University School of Public Policy, a Professor of Practice at the Centre for Development, Environment and Policy of the School of Oriental and African Studies, London University, and a Senior Adviser with Systemiq. He is also a Trustee of Dialogue Earth. |
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Daniel Cervenka Founder of The Convergence, CEE Climate Action Week
Daniel Cervenka is a founder, producer, artist, and strategist whose work bridges sustainability, media, and policy. With a career spanning over a decade, he has collaborated with governments, IGOs such as the United Nations, NGOs, and Fortune 500 companies to design solutions that drive tangible global change. His expertise lies in designing interdisciplinary frameworks that strengthen the interface between policymakers and the public, ensuring that critical policies are informed, accessible, and actionable. |
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Malini Mehra Chief Executive, GLOBE Legislators Ambassador, London Climate Action Week
Active on local government action since Local Agenda 21 in the 1990s, Malini has served as Commissioner to the Mayor of London on sustainable development and leads on the global adoption of climate action weeks worldwide. Working with the COP29 Presidency and COP High Level Champion, Malini was the curator of Baku Climate Action Week and is co-Convener of Rio Climate Action Week.
She has served as Chief Executive of GLOBE Legislators, the environmental legislators organisation co-founded by Al Gore and John Kerry, since 2014. An award-winning sustainability leader, Malini has more than three decades of international experience on climate change and sustainable development. From teen student leader to NGO founder, she has forged a distinguished international career working with business, government, the United Nations and civil society, (including NGOs such as Oxfam and Friends of the Earth). Malini brings a truly unique multisectoral, politically-informed global perspective to the challenge of the sustainability transition. |
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Luke Antoniou
Luke has been reporting on the implementation of smart technologies that benefit citizens and the public sector since 2017.
He has a particularly keen interest in smart and sustainable mobility and its role in influencing the decisions of urban planners, citizens and governments alike.
As rapid urbanisation continues, he keeps his finger on the pulse of the myriad urban challenges facing local and central governments, making new connections in the public and private sectors and finding new angles from which to cover the latest smart city developments around the world. |
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