Şiir Kılkış (Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change) on the Role of urban areas in addressing climate change - Media Stakeout (WUF13)

Hello.
Good afternoon.
I would like to introduce.
We are going to have a statement that will be made at the 13th session of the World Urban Forum here in Baku on the 20th of May.
The statement is on the role of urban areas in addressing climate change.
The statement is delivered by miss Gilkish, who is Vice Chair of the Working Group three, Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change.
I'll give the floor to miss Gilkish It's a pleasure to share this statement from the World Urban Forum in Bakku Azerbijan.
There are three key messages that need to be shared.
First, climate science provides ample alerts that each increment of global warming matters and informs potential options going forward.
Findings from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, IPCC emphasize that extreme weather events become more frequent and intense with each and every additional increment of global warming.
This includes hot temperature extremes and heavy precipitation over land, as well as agricultural and ecological drought in drying regions.
In comparison to a climate without human influence, these extremes are now already more frequent by up to 2.8 times and when they occur occur more intensely.
These increases continue to multiply at each future global warming level.
For this reason, avoiding additional climate induced changes depends on efforts to limit greenhouse gas emissions that underlie the causes of global warming.
At the urban level, evidence on urban adaptation is growing, including those that are also complemented by early warning systems with various categories of effectiveness based on current levels of global warming.
In reducing emissions, urban areas also have a key role due to their existing emission levels and key opportunities for their mitigation.
In 2020, urban emissions were estimated to be 29 gigatons co two equivalent and could be up to 40 gigatons co two equivalent in 2050 with low mitigation efforts.
It is only with ambitious and immediate mitigation efforts, including high levels of electrification and improved energy and material efficiency that global consumption based C two and methane emissions can be limited to three gigatons co two equivalent in 2050.
Another major finding from the most recent assessment has been that urban areas are systems where multiple mitigation options, especially when integrated, have cascading positive effects across transport, energy, buildings, land use, and behavior.
Layer by layer, these layers interact.
The second key message, sustainable integrated urban planning is essential for limiting global warming, avoiding limits adaptation and increasing well being.
Overall, limited adaptation manifest in multiple forms and require utmost attention to limit global warming.
With sustainable planning, compact urban form can increase access to services, including piped, water and wastewater services based on a relevant comparison, when cities expand through compact growth rather than horizontal expansion, 220 million more people could gain access to piped water and 190 million to wastewater services.
Among related evidence, integrated spatial planning involves thoughtful urban design that leverages density, diversity, neighborhood design, destination access, and distance to transit.
The third message is increasing actionable connections between climate science and sustainable urban planning is possible.
Baku is also important for urban climate action, initiating the multi sectoral actions pathways to resilient and healthy cities that started here in this city during Cop 29.
The much needed emphasis on urban areas for climate mitigation adaptation action also takes place as the preparations for the IPCC Special Report on climate change in cities.
Forthcoming in early 2027 are taking place.
Pp 31 Natalia Turk has identified ten priority themes.
Climate resilient cities are among these priorities with an emphasis on scaling up low carbon solutions and supporting future ready urban systems.
Thank you very much for your kind attention.
Thank you very much for your attention.
That was the statement that was delivered at the 13th session of the World Urban Forum in Baku on the role of urban areas in addressing climate change.
Thank you.