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The exchange of knowledge and experience is at the centre of this initiative. Workshops in Germany, USA and Japan will present the findings of the research and bring the cities together.

Other planned events are a workshop in Japan, a workshop in the USA and a final workshop in Germany, including a study tour through pioneering cities:

Kick-off workshop took place in Germany in April 2007.

8 December 2007: Side event at COP13, Bali/Indonesia
Presentations:
"Introduction" (Ulrike Janssen, Climate Alliance)
"The benchmarking system" (Hans Hertle, Ifeu Institute)
"Local climate protection in Japan" (Noriko Sugyama, Nagoya University)
"60% CO2 Reduction at 2050 of the City of Nagoya" (Tsuneo Takeuchi, Nagoya Univesity)
"A Climate Protection Strategy for Germany 40% Reduction of CO2 Emissions by 2020 compared to 1990" (Dr. Martin Cassel-Gintz, German Federal Environment Agency)
"Best practice in Local Climate Protection from Germany" (Ulrike Janssen, Climate Alliance) 

14 / 15 March 2008: Workshop at Nagoya University, Nagoya/Japan
The programme: in German and in Japanese
Presentations:
"Introduction" in English and in Japanese (Ulrike Janssen, Climate Alliance)
"The benchmarking system" in German and in Japanese (Hans Hertle, Ifeu Institute)
"The support of the local climate protection in Germany by the federal authorities" in German and in Japanese (Dr. Peter Pichl, German Federal Environment Agency)
"The good practices of the City of Freiburg" in English and in Japanese (Klaus Hoppe, Freiburg)
"The good practices of the City of Munich" in German and in Japanese (Joachim Lorenz, Munich)
"The good practices of the City of Hannover" in German and in Japanese (Ute Heda, Hannover)
"Introduction about CLIMATE COMPASS" in English and in Japanese (Ulrike Janssen, Climate Alliance)

14 May 2008: Workshop at ICLEI Local Action Summit,  Albuquerque/USA
The programme: in English
"40% - Climate Reduction Target of the Federal Government" (Diana Nissler, German Federal Environmental Agency )
"Presentation of the partnership's idea of the Heinrich - Boell – Foundation" (Arne Jungjohann, Heinrich – Boell – Foundation)
"Presentation of the benchmark project" (Hans Hertle, IFEU Institute)
"Leadership, Vision, Innovation, Partnership" (David O´Donnell, City of Chicago Department of Environment - solicited)
"The Hamburg Strategy to Combat Climate Change" (Dr. Thomas Baehr, Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg)

16/17 June 2008: Workshop, Frankfurt am Main/Germany
The programme: in German and in Japanese
"Introduction" in German and in Japanese (Ulrike Janssen, Climate Alliance)
"The benchmarking system" in German and in Japanese (Hans Hertle, Ifeu Institute)
"Results and current situation in Japan" in Gernan and in Japanese (Prof.Tsuneo Takeuchi, Nagoya University)
"The presentations of the Cities from Germany and Japan"
Hannover in German and in Japanese (Ute Heda)
Hiroshima in German and in Japanese (Kae Murakami)
Frankfurt am Main in English and in Japanese (Dr.Werner Neumann)
Yokohama in German and in Japanese (Miyuki Kuroda)
Munich in German and in Japanese (Dr.Gerhard Urbainczyk)
Nagoya in German and in Japanese (Yasunori Shigemoto)
Heidelberg in German and in Japanese (Sabine Lachenicht)
Kumamoto in German and in Japanese (Kotaro Watanabe)
Freiburg in German and in Japanese (Klaus Hoppe)
Matsuyama in German and in Japanese (Katsuya Sakurada)
Offenbach in German and in Japanese (Heike Hollerbach)
Tajimi in German and in Japanese (Naoko Yamada)
Mainz in German and in Japanese (Thomas Pensel)

18-20 June 2008: Roundtrip
Host Cities:
Frankfurt am Main, Offenbach, Heidelberg, Cologne, Bonn, Hanover and
Freiburg

4 December 2008: Side event at COP14, Poznan/Polen                  
The programme: in English
"Introductory remarks: The new role of municipalities in Germany" (Dr. Peter Pichl, German Federal Environment Agency)
"Benchmarking local climate policies - qualitative and quantitative results" (
Ulrike Janssen, Climate Alliance)
"Benchmarking local climate policies - qualitative and quantitative results in Japan" (Dr. Noriko Sugiyama, Nagoya University)
"The Climate Policy of the City of Hamburg" (Rainer Scheppelmann, Hamburg)
"The Climate Policy of the City of Hiroshima" (Kae Murakami, Hiroshima)