Daring Cities 2020

In light of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, ICLEI and the Federal City of Bonn will run Daring Cities 2020 as a virtual, global forum on climate change for urban leaders tackling the climate emergency.

Daring Cities 2020 will run from 7-28 October 2020, offering an online array of high level and visionary speaking sessions, a series of informative workshops and personal networking opportunities. Over a three-week period, Daring Cities will offer a variety of virtual formats to accommodate different topics, time zones, internet bandwidth limits, and languages. The event will draw on the high-level negotiations taking place in Bonn in October and help to set the course to COP26, Daring Cities 2021 and beyond.

Created by ICLEI and the city of Bonn, Daring Cities is a radical, action-oriented online forum to recognise and empower courageous urban leaders – including mayors and other decision-makers, technical staff, researchers, private sector representatives, and community organizers – to disrupt business-as-usual and shift towards business-as-possible. Daring Cities showcases and catalyses exemplary local climate action to tackle the climate emergency, including ambitious resilience-building and climate mitigation efforts.

Urban leaders, such as mayors, city councilors, administration, technical staff, thought leaders and researchers, business leaders, civil society decision-makers and community organizers, are invited to be a part of this productive and action-oriented event.