Cities Climate Action Summit 2024 – meet the speaker: Jonathan Carr-West, Local Government Information Unit

SmartCitiesWorld (SCW): What is the single most important action cities can take to address the climate crisis?

Jonathan Carr-West (JCW): To work together. Tackling climate change is a universal issue and here at Local Government Information Unit (LGIU) we think that there’s power in developing shared solutions to common problems.

That’s one of the things we do as a local government membership organisation, and why we are so supportive of events like the Cities Climate Action Summit that encourage sharing and collaboration.

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SCW: Why are you become a partner of the Cities Climate Action Summit on 26-27 June? What are you personally most excited to learn or discuss?

JCW: As I said, at the LGIU we are all about sharing and collaborating. We are excited about coming to the Summit to learn from leading cities outside of our network, and to then share those stories and ideas with all our members. We’d also love to have the opportunity to connect some of our LGIU members with other cities we meet at the event, with a view to them hopefully building relationships and collaborating in the future.

SCW: Could you share a specific example of a successful climate initiative in your city or region that could inspire others?

JCW: We work with over 300 councils from around the world, ranging from big international cities to small district councils, so we couldn’t pick just one. But we are excited to meet and bring together our networks and to share examples from our LGIU member with other Summit attendees and vice versa.