Welcome to the LEAD International Training Session (ITS) web portal, for this year’s event on “Leadership and Climate Change”. This is your gateway to information, resources and discussion on the event itself and the issues that surround the core themes of the training.
Climate change is now increasingly accepted as an all-encompassing global issue that will be seen and experienced by people all over the world. At last year’s UN Climate Conference of the Parties, Kofi Annan said that though there has been action on climate change, “that step is far too small…as we consider how to go further still, there remains a frightening lack of leadership”.
The purpose of the ITS is to equip emerging leaders from around the world with the knowledge to understand the challenge of climate change, and the will and capacity to take a leadership role.
Orientation: Context and Content
Key Dates
| 5 Nov. | ITS online platform open; Member Programme groups upload their presentations of regional perspectives on climate change |
| 7 Nov. | ITS online ‘House-warming Party’ – Participants are invited to browse the forum and ask questions of the LEAD training team |
| 8-18 Nov. | Self-paced reading of resources on the ITS themes Working group online sessions and discussions |
| 25 Nov. | Arrive in Jakarta, Indonesia |
| 26 Nov. | Opening day of face-to-face training Day 1: expert speakers; teambuilding; working group challenges; travel to Bandung |
| 27 Nov. | Day 2: expert speakers in four thematic panels; working group planning |
| 28 Nov. | Day 3: skills training; networking fair |
| 29 Nov. | Day 4: site visits, working group planning |
| 30 Nov. | Day 5: prepare and present working group recommendations |
| 1 Dec. | Day 6: expert panel on leadership and sustainable development; closing ceremony |
| 3-14 Dec. | UN Climate Conference of the Parties 13, Bali |