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19 Se. Envtl. L.J. 217 (2010-2011)
Cities, Climate and COPs

handle is hein.journals/scen19 and id is 221 raw text is: CITIES, CLIMATE AND COPS ART VON LEHE* I. INTRODUCTION ........................................ 217 II. CITIES AND CLIMATE CHANGE .................. ...... 218 III. LOCAL GOVERNMENTS, CLIMATE ACTION, AND THE UNITED NATIONS FRAMEWORK .............. ..... 219 IV. THE LOCAL GOVERNMENTS CLIMATE ROADMAP .................. 221 V. COPENHAGEN ......................... ................. 223 VI. CANCUN .................................... .....224 VII. KEY LOCAL GOVERNMENT POSITIONS AND THE CANCUN AGREEMENTS ........................................ 225 A. Shared Vision for Long Term Cooperative Action............ 225 B. Enhanced Action on Adaptation ............ ...... 226 C. Enhanced Action on Mitigation ............ ...... 226 D. Financial Resources and Investment ...................... 227 E. Capacity Building ...................... ...... 227 VIII. TOWARDS DURBAN ........................... ..... 228 IX. CONCLUSION ................................ ..... 228 I. INTRODUCTION If we can just learn how to better grow our cities, we can also design solutions to many of the global problems that confront us .... But if we fail to advance sound practices of urbanism, continuing on the blind urbanization path we have been taking, we will be designing the global crises of tomorrow.' This Article will examine the intersections between international and local level climate action. The disaggregated roots of our global problems can often be sourced to local drivers, and thus, solutions. The problem of our changing climate, which is driven by greenhouse gas emissions, .is intrinsically tied to the ways in which we build up, move Art von Lehe, Senior Policy Analyst, ICLEI-Local Governments for Sustainability, USA. Art is an attorney, LEED Accredited Professional, and works to support cities and counties in meeting their sustainability goals. He can be reached at art.vonlehe@iclei.org. I JEB BRUGMANN, WELCOME TO THE URBAN REVOLUTION: How CITIES ARE CHANGING THE WORLD 16 (Bloomsbury Press 2009).

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