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Innovate4Cities Science to Action Roadshow – Application to Host

The Innovate4Cities Science to Action Roadshow is a series of regional workshops co-convened by the Global Covenant of Mayors for Climate & Energy (GCoM) and UN-Habitat throughout 2027 that welcomes exchange, deep ground-truthing, and 'translation' between key takeaways from the (forthcoming) IPCC Special Report on Cities and Climate Change (SRCities), city / local government practitioners, academia, business, financial institutions, and civil society.

Designed as one shared, replicable, and flexible format that can be delivered over the course of a full day, suited to integration into an existing event or a longer standalone event, each edition produces a policy brief, contributing to a Summary for Urban Practitioners of SRCities to be launched at the 2028 Innovate4Cities Conference. Each policy brief will be tailored to each region’s priorities and needs.

As co-convenors, GCoM and UN-Habitat will facilitate the roadshow workshops through facilitation guidance informed by the findings of SRCities, alignment with IPCC authors and knowledge partners including University of Melbourne and Urban Climate Change Research Network (UCCRN), and on-the-ground support through the mobilization of staff.

GCoM and UN-Habitat invite cities, regional and national governments, research institutions, networks and partner organizations to express their interest in hosting a Roadshow edition. Interested partners may please complete the form below.

Responses are indicative at this stage and do not constitute a commitment. The Innovate4Cities team will follow up with shortlisted hosts to discuss format, dates and partnership arrangements.
Contact details
1.Name(Required.)
2.Surname(Required.)
3.Position / title(Required.)
4.Organization name(Required.)
5.E-mail(Required.)
6.Type of organization(Required.)
Proposed host city and region
While it is highly recommended to propose a host city and region, it is not necessary at this stage and can be explored in follow up conversations. We do recommend adding possible locations, if any.
7.Proposed host city
8.Country
9.Is the city a GCoM signatory?
You can check the full list of GCoM signatories here
10.Is there a UN-Habitat entity in the city or country?
11.Proposed timing (please specify a month or a quarter and the year)
12.Preferred timing in 2027 (month or quarter) - Post March(Required.)
13.Alternative timing (if any)
14.Proposed venue (name and type)
15.Indicative capacity (number of participants)
16.Alignment with an existing event, conference or regional convening (if any, this aspect is highly desirable)
Partners and support
17.Proposed co-hosting or supporting event partners(Required.)
18.Please list any support you would be able to provide (venue, logistics, local coordination, communications, participant travel, other)(Required.)
19.Indicative financial contribution, if any (please state currency)(Required.)
20.Please list any partner institutions (e.g. networks, businesses, research institutions, etc) that you would like to convene as part of a potential Roadshow(Required.)
Motivation
21.Please describe why your organization is a strong fit to (co-)host a Roadshow event and how you can help bridge the IPCC Special Report on Climate Change and Cities and the cities, businesses, academia, financial institutions, and civil society in your region
Submission
The Innovate4Cities team will acknowledge receipt within five working days and contact shortlisted hosts to discuss next steps.

Submission of this form does not create any obligation on either party.
22.By registering to the Innovate4Cities Science to Action Roadshow - Application to Host, I consent to my personal data being stored and processed for the purpose of being considered to host Roadshow events.

I agree to be contacted by the organizing team such as through email regarding the City Science to Action Roadshow, relevant Innovate4Cities activities, and related opportunities.

The organizers have put in place appropriate safeguards in line with the GDPR and will not use this data for any other purpose.

I may opt-out at any time by reaching out to innovate4cities@gcomprojectsupport.org or unhabitat-climate@un.org(Required.)