As part of a global movement to bring nature back into cities, ICLEI – Local Governments for sustainability and the Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) are collaborating with the Government of Andhra Pradesh, the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation and the Government of India to organize the Cities for Life: City and Subnational Biodiversity Summit on October 15 and 16. This Summit will be held at the Hyderabad International Convention Centre in parallel to the CBD COP 11. Being the host city, the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation is facilitating the execution of this Summit, an official release said here today. Union Minister for Urban Development Kamal Nath is expected to inaugurate the event. The Summit will feature a high level interactive dialogue bringing together local and sub national governments from across the globe, aiming to help them to implement Decision X/22 on the Plan of Action on Sub national Governments, Cities and Local Authorities for Biodiversity. The Summit will draw to Hyderabad over 300 participants ranging from city and sub-national leaders, national governments, international organizations, UN agencies and specialists from across the world, in a move to convene local authorities in support of the implementation of the Convention on Biological Diversity. So far over 200 delegates have registered for the Summit, representing 40 international cities and 16 Subnational Governments from 36 countries. ICLEI, the worlds leading association of over 1200 cities and local governments dedicated to sustainable development, was one of the key partners who organized the City Biodiversity Summit at Nagoya, Japan in 2010, the release added. UNI
