We are pleased to confirm four top-class panellists for the 7th Bonn Dialogues event:

Fouad Bendimerad, Chairman, Earthquakes and Megacities Initiative (EMI), Philippines

Kobie Brand, Director, Local Action for Biodiversity, ICLEI Secretariat for Africa

Dr Dirk Heinrichs, Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research UFZ, Affiliate of the Urbanization and Global Environmental Change project UGEC

Cllr Obed Mlab, Mayor of Durban's PA, South Africa

Welcoming Speakers:

Anantha Kumar Duraiappah, Executive Director, International Human Dimensions Programme on Global Environmental Change (IHDP), UNU

David Cadman, President, Local Governments for Sustainability (ICLEI)

Moderation:

Jennifer Abramsohn, Deutsche Welle