May 6th – 16th 2009

TO BE ORGANISED BY TAIWO ADEWOLE AND ASSOCIATES, MERIDIAN INTERNATIONAL CENTER IN PARTNERSHIP WITH:
• INSTITUTE FOR LOCAL SELF-RELIANCE (ILSR)
• RICHARD ANTHONY ASSOCIATES
• INTEGRATIVE STRATEGIC FORUM (ISF)
• SIERRA CLUB

Climate Change presents one of the greatest threats to human security and sustainable affluence in the 21st century. This is why American Chemical Society reported in June 1st 1999 contained in (Volume 33, Issue 11 / p. 239 A), that the number of cities that can claim this distinction has increased from 5 in 1975 to 14 in 1995. It is expected to reach 26 cities by 2015; the majority of this increase is expected to occur in less developed regions of the world and at a faster pace. Lagos, Dhaka and Bangladesh are growing 10 times faster than New York, N.Y. and Los Angeles, and California.

The Effects of Climate Change are mounting up with enormous challenges on Mega-Cities with consequent social polarization urban sprawl, overcrowding, traffic rising, energy consumption, inadequate water supply and deficient effluent treatment These problems are particularly serious in the developing world. Without improving the conditions of the poor and involving citizens and key strategic policy makers in future development based on collaborative and partnership will no solution to sustainable mega cities can be in sight Nigeria has conceptualized Mega-Cities Lagos, Kano, Abuja, Port Harcourt, Plateau, Calabar and Enugu and has taken giant steps in addressing the progressing Urbanization, social dislocation and ecological problems of these cities Other key necessities of life such as Sustainable Clean Water (SCW), Sanitation (through sustainable waste management) and housing problems is causing an alarming outburst in this Mega-Cities and will threaten the achievement of the MDG’s by 2015 in Nigeria.

Conference Scope

Ten (10) Days (May 6th-16th, 2009) Active Interactive Working and Learning visits to Two Cities in United States to practically learn “Mega-Cities and Urban Environment Management with unique opportunity to network with principal city and urban administrators, leading environmentalists, and experts in the Environmental sector will be organized by Taiwo Adewole and Associates & Meridian International Center USA

Proposed cities

We are proposing that the following cities (with the listed Departments and
organizations) would be visited:

Washington: (6th – 11th May, 2009)
•       Smart Growth Office USEPA
•       U.S Department of Housing and Urban Development (Office of the
International Affairs Policy Development and Research)
•       Federal Transit Administration (United States of America Department of
Transportation)
•       Pogo Organics in Sunshine, MD 20 miles north of the city to see leaf
composting
•       Waste Management processing facility in Elkridge, MD about 30 miles north
of the city to see recycling processing
•        Tour DC transfer facilities (2) inside the city
•       Meet with Bill Easley, Director DC Office of Recycling.
•       District of Columbia Office of Recycling

Pennsylvania (Pittsburgh): (11th – 16th May, 2009)
•       County of Allegheny (Health Dept. Public Drinking Water & Waste Management
Programs recycling section)
•       Suffer Organization & City of Pittsburgh
•       ALCOSAN (Allegheny Country Sanitary Authority)

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