Announcing the Innovate4Cities Science to Action Roadshow

The Global Covenant of Mayors for Climate & Energy (GCoM) and UN-Habitat are pleased to announce the Innovate4Cities Science to Action Roadshow, a series of structured regional workshops to be rolled out throughout 2027 with the aim of translating climate science into actionable practice at the city level.

Co-convened by GCoM and UN-Habitat, the Roadshow will take key takeaways from the forthcoming IPCC Special Report on Climate Change and Cities (SRCities) directly to where urban climate action happens. Designed as a shared, flexible, and replicable format - suited for integration into an existing event or as a standalone workshop - each edition will translate the latest climate science to the local policy and practitioner context, strengthening deep exchange and cross-sector dialogue between urban practitioners, local governments, academia, business, finance, and civil society.

Every workshop will produce a regional policy brief tailored to each region's specific language, policy context, and immediate priorities. Together, these briefs will feed into a potential Summary for Urban Practitioners ( working title, to be confirmed ) to be launched at the 2028 Innovate4Cities Conference.

As co-convenors, GCoM and UN-Habitat will facilitate the roadshow workshops through guidance informed by the findings of SRCities, alignment with IPCC authors and knowledge partners including the University of Melbourne and the Urban Climate Change Research Network (UCCRN), as well as convenings co-developed with GIZ.

We invite cities, regional and national governments, research institutions, networks, and partner organizations to indicate their interest in hosting or co-convening a Roadshow edition in 2027.

If you are interested in hosting, please fill out the form below and the Innovate4Cities team will follow up with shortlisted hosts to discuss format, dates, and partnership arrangements.