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Webinar 11: Delivering Local Resilience

Photo by Victor Garcia on Unsplash As natural and manmade shocks and stresses increasingly affect cities around the world, local

Events

An Integrated approach to Resilience – a session during the ICLEI's 2017 Resilient Cities Congress and the 8th Global Forum on Urban Resilience and Adaptation

The 8th Global Forum on Urban Resilience and Adaptation was organized by ICLEI-Local Governments for Sustainability on 4-6 May 2017

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World Bank Partners with State of California to Support Low Carbon Cities

The World Bank and California partnered to share low‑carbon expertise, helping Chinese cities advance climate planning and decarbonization pathways.

News & Blogs

Why Culture Matters in the Reconstruction and Recovery of Cities

The article argues culture is essential for post‑crisis urban recovery, shaping identity, guiding reconstruction, and strengthening community resilience.

News & Blogs

Senegal: Sustainable Cities Management Initiative

Senegal advances sustainable urban governance through planning, climate‑risk integration, pilots, and knowledge reports supporting resilience.

News & Blogs

Culture in the COVID-19 recovery: Good for your wallet, good for resilience, and good for you

COVID‑19 disrupted cultural sectors, threatening heritage sites and livelihoods, while highlighting culture’s role in resilience and recovery.

News & Blogs

Planning for resilience: Romania’s new flood risk management plans

Romania’s new flood‑risk plans use advanced mapping, prioritization, and nature‑based solutions to reduce damages and strengthen resilience.

News & Blogs

Cultivating nature, cooling cities: An urban future grown to last

Rapid urbanization in arid regions highlights how nature‑positive design and afforestation can cool cities, improve health, and boost resilience.

News & Blogs

Building connections to support sustainability across the world's cities

UrbanShift helps cities pursue climate, resilience, and nature‑positive goals by decarbonizing, and restoring ecosystems.

News & Blogs

COVID-19 Pandemic and Sustainable Urban Transformation: Perspectives on City-Level Actions and a Framework for the Future

COVID‑19 exposed cities’ vulnerabilities but spurred integrated responses; this paper outlines a framework for resilient and inclusive transformation.

Knowledge Product

Nature-based Solutions to Build Climate Resilience in Informal Areas

The paper examines opportunities, challenges, and best practices for scaling nature‑based solutions to build climate resilience in informal urban areas.

Knowledge Product

GEF-6 IAP Programs: Synthesis of Experiences and Emerging Lessons from Addressing Key Cross-cutting Issues

The report synthesizes lessons on how GEF‑6 programs address cross‑cutting priorities, highlighting trends, case studies, and implementation examples.

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A Catalogue of Nature-Based Solutions for Urban Resilience

The catalogue guides cities in using nature‑based solutions for resilience, outlining principles and fourteen NbS families for investment.

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Inclusive Resilience : Inclusion Matters for Resilience in South Asia

South Asia faces rising climate hazards that disproportionately harm marginalized groups requiring inclusive disaster risk management.

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Lagos Resilience Strategy

Lagos’ Resilience Strategy presents an integrated plan to address shocks, adapt to stresses, and support inclusive, sustainable urban development.

Knowledge Product

Why can resilient housing change the world?

This brochure provides worldwide data about the necessity of resilient housing.

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Promoting Disaster Resilient Cultural Heritage

Cultural heritage faces growing risks from disasters and climate change; strengthening heritage management is essential to safeguard assets.

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