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Resilient Cities 2017
Live updates from Bonn #ResilientCities
The insurance industry and local leaders came together today at the first-ever Insurance Industry and Cities Summit. 
Edmonton, Canada to host the 2018 Cities and Climate Change Science Conference

We need to strengthen our understanding of climate change and cities and lay the groundwork for more effective, targeted decisions. An advocate of science-based policy, Mayor Don Iveson is bringing the Cities and Climate Change Science conference to Edmonton.

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How cities can manage risk and save money, lives and carbon emissions

Risk management is a key component of urban resilience. The Insurance Industry and Cities Summit brought together insurers and local leaders to explore how strong partnerships can reduce disaster risks and foster resilient infrastructure development and urban planning.

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Learn how to learn with Quito

Quito aims to tackle sprawl and improve food security and social cohesion. Today, the city took advantage of the knowledge concentrated at Resilient Cities and demonstrated the type of open, collaborative style that is fundamental to building resilience.

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CITYFOOD network: Building resilient city-region food systems

Few local and regional governments integrate food policy across departments or maximize its benefits. The ICLEI-RUAF CITYFOOD network aims to address this with networking, training, policy guidance and technical expertise towards strategic city-region food systems.

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Nordic solutions with global relevance

Demographic changes in Nordic countries are compounded by climate change impacts, resource scarcity and population growth. Top cities in the Nordic Built Cities Challenge are finding ways to build on steep terrain, link social and physical planning and institutionalize innovation.

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More from day 1
 
How African cities are advancing SDG 11

Four cities in Malawi, Zambia and Zimbabwe are working to achieve Sustainable Development Goal 11. So what underlines their strategies? They are building strong linkages between research and policy.

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What integrated disaster and climate resilience means to cities

Integration has long-since achieved buzzword status amongst resilience thinkers and planners. But what does the term really mean? Four cities from around the world offered their perspective.

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Voices from Resilient Cities

“We are not working for international awards but for the present and future of our city. What we really want to show the world is that a city - a city that was called a failed city - can overcome this and become a brilliant city that gives good quality of life for the residents. Every problem has a solution and every city has a future.”

- Sergio Escobar
Executive Director, International Cooperation Agency of Medellín  
Coming up
 
The Urban Food Forum continues

Resilient city-region food systems can address hunger, poverty, climate impacts and more. Learn about city-region food assessments, city-to-city cooperation and the ICLEI-RUAF CITYFOOD network at this forum organized by ICLEI and RUAF with technical support from FAO.

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