Today the Asian Cities Climate Change Resilience Network (ACCCRN) launched a member-based regional network of national, regional and local practitioners and institutions committed to helping cities withstand and recover from the projected impacts of climate change. ICLEI will bring cities to this network and help with capacity building, while Mercy Corps will head the network. Today more than
Here are our top 5 tweets from today: No relatively #ResilientCities can guarantee to be resilient tomorrow. Resilience is a process. – Donovan Storey @UNESCAP @ICLEI_ResCities #resilience is not just bouncing back, it is the ability to grow and prosper despite the shocks and falls – Cristina del Rio @RockefellerFdn @ICLEISouthAsia Cities are in the
The OECD and Bangkok Metropolitan Region (BMR) launch the new report “Green Growth in Bangkok, Thailand”. The report discusses policies and enables strategies for fostering green growth in Bangkok with a focus on urban climate change resilience. The report was the result of OECD’s policy study in Bangkok, under the project framework of “OECD Green
Understanding urban risks is extremely vital in paving the path towards building resilience in cities, especially in the Asia-Pacific region where urbanisation is accelerating and intensifying at a commendable pace. Session A1 on Day 2 at Resilient Cities Asia-Pacific 2015 Congress sheds light on all aspects of understanding the linkages between urbanisation, vulnerability and risks.
The Resilient Cities Asia-Pacific 2015: 1st Asia-Pacific Forum on Urban Resilience and Adaptation opened in plenary today as speakers and panelists stressed – among a range of valuable insights – the role of cities at the ‘frontline’ of building climate change resilience. In his opening address, ICLEI Secretary General Gino Van Begin noted that
1) The venue: Bangkok, Thailand In the past five years, the Resilient Cities congress has drawn hundreds of participants in Bonn, Germany. This year, we are building on the success of the congress and bringing it to one of the most cosmopolitan cities in Asia – Bangkok, Thailand. Bangkok is home to many local and
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