Reality Check Workshops Preview: Resilience in Da Nang, Can Tho and Bangkok
Impacts from climate change are already being experienced worldwide and are only projected to continue: extreme weather events with higher…
From Agenda 21 to COP21: Addressing resilience in cities and informal settlements
By Omar Siddique, Senior Urban Specialist, Cities Alliance Chapter 7 on ‘human settlements’, which emerged from the first Rio Conference…
Building Resilience in Informal Settlements
Building resilience in cities should enhance the quality of life for all residents. Yet resilience planning, like urban development, has…
TAPplications: The Ecologist City of Jambi, Indonesia
This blog series presents some of the applications to the Transformative Actions Program, to show you how cities are “tapping”…
TAPplications: Catbalogan’s Move from Fish Hunting to Fish Farming
This blog series presents some of the applications to the Transformative Actions Program, to show you how cities are “tapping”…
Resilient Cities 2015 announces Photo Contest Winner and New Program
Photo Contest Congratulations to Ms. Sayamon Saiyot, who won the Resilient Cities 2015 Photo Contest with the image featured above!…
Sendai Conference raises the curtain for the post-2015 development agenda, focusing on disaster risk reduction
On 13-18 March 2014, ICLEI Member City Sendai (Japan) will host the 3rd World Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction (WCDRR)….
Voices in the Corridors: If You had Unlimited funds…
Some participants at the first day of Resilient Cities Asia-Pacific shared what their resilience plans would be if they had…
#1 Day to Resilient Cities Asia-Pacific: Welcome to Bangkok!
Post by Sukhumbhand Paribatra, Governor, Bangkok A warm welcome to Bangkok, and welcome to Resilient Cities Asia-Pacific 2015 –The first…
#2 Days to Resilient Cities Asia-Pacific: Setting the tone for a milestone year
Post by Gino Van Begin, ICLEI Secretary General 2015 is a milestone year, one which will define how the world…
#5 days to Resilient Cities Asia-Pacific 2015: Meet the Mayor of Matale, Sri Lanka, at the congress
Honorable Mayor Hilmy Mohamed of Matale, Sri Lanka, is attending Resilient Cities Asia-Pacific to share his city’s experiences in dealing…
#7 Days to Resilient Cities Asia-Pacific: Why are Southeast Asian local governments joining Resilient Cities Asia-Pacific 2015?
“To gain insights on climate change resilience strategies and to be able to formulate local programs to make our municipality…