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Oct 11, 2021

 

Mississippi River Plastic Pollution Initiative: Connecting Mayors and Cities in a River-basin wide effort to Reduce Plastic Pollution

6 speakers

 

An agenda for housing reform: reconciling development& mitigation and adaptation in urban development in the global South

6 speakers

 

Potluck session 1B

7 speakers

 

Shifting Perspectives: Applying a Human Rights Lens to City Management to Effectively and Justly Address Climate Change

2 speakers

 

The role of municipal governments in the sustainability transition – research and experimentation

4 speakers

 

Guangzhou Urban Innovation Assessment

2 speakers

 

Potluck session 1l

3 speakers

 

Urban innovation challenges for climate action: The Climate Smart Cities Challenge

4 speakers

 

Urban Resilience: Capacity building for action

7 speakers

 

Climate change and impacts on children in urban areas

4 speakers
Oct 12, 2021

 

Oceania Cities and Climate Resilience Panel

6 speakers

 

Mobilizing Cities Around Housing Resilience: Lessons Learned from Bogota& Colombia

5 speakers

 

Heat-proofing East and South Asian cities

4 speakers

 

Climate Justice Requirements

9 speakers

 

Climate change and the green economy transition in ASEAN: A compilation of policy insights across four sectors within Southeast Asia

5 speakers

 

Building climate resilience in urban areas through Ecosystem Based Adaptation (EbA)

7 speakers

 

Climate Vulnerability Assessment for cities using GIS

3 speakers

 

Workshop on Climate Smart Cities Assessment Framework (CSCAF) for Indian Cities

5 speakers

 

Young Minds at Work

8 speakers

 

Sinking Cities: Potential solutions to reduce flood risk from sea-level rise for long‐term resilience and sustainability

5 speakers

 

Integrated& Holistic Approach to Planning and Collaborative Governance for More Climate-Resilient Cities

Roudaina Alkhani

 

Policy Integration and Mainstreamin for Multi-Level Governance

8 speakers

 

Hackathons as co-creating platforms: Leveraging big data, AI/ ML for climate adaptive urban practices

6 speakers

 

Potluck session 3F

3 speakers

 

Developing enabling environment for Urban low emission development under Paris Agreement:upgrading conditions in urban slum areas

8 speakers

 

Digital Innovation as an Enabler of Climate Action Finance: harnessing emerging technologies for enhanced access to finance for climate action

5 speakers

 

Use of open source tools and innovative methodologies for public and green space assessments and strategies

5 speakers

 

Resilience to Climate Change - A Tale of 8 Cities

Namrata Dhamankar

 

Promoting urban eco-tourism in Nepal, to support green recovery and sustainable development

8 speakers

 

Commonwealth Association of Planners (CAP) Young Planners: Outcomes from our International Comparisons series on SDG implementation challenges and solutions from across the globe.

7 speakers

 

Increasing resilience through Nature-based Solutions and collective grassroots action

2 speakers

 

Urban AI: Inspiring Smart Action for Just African Cities

4 speakers

 

Vulnerability to Resilience to Prosperity (VPR): Roles of local governments

Nazmul Huq

 

Systemic Innovation for Unlocking Climate-Neutrality in Cities by 2030: Learnings from the Healthy Clean Cities programme to support the EU Green Deal and Innovation Mission

6 speakers

 

Rethinking urban agriculture and food security systems

4 speakers

 

Addressing technical, financial and methodological barriers to address energy transformation in cities

4 speakers

 

UrbanHeatATL

4 speakers

 

Systemic choices, sustainability, and stakeholders, for resiliency in a confluence of ancient cities

Graeme Hanssen

 

Design Principles of Green & Blue Infrastructure to improve Human Health and Urban Living

3 speakers

 

Extreme Events, Emerging Climate Risks and Vulnerability in Cities -Cascading Effects In an Increasingly Risk Prone World

5 speakers

 

Data-driven modelling for cooler cities

3 speakers

 

Urban Resilience in the Americas

3 speakers

 

Building City-Business Collaborations for Climate Success

8 speakers

 

Green spaces for healthier cities

3 speakers

 

Circular economy transitions

5 speakers

 

Justice and equality in climate innovation

5 speakers

 

Gestión de las ciudades frente al Cambio Climático

7 speakers
Oct 13, 2021

 

Water & agriculture for Asian cities: An agropolitan perspective

4 speakers

 

Climate Changemakers Youth Leadership Training: Empowering Young People for Action

2 speakers

 

Impacts of climate change in the road transport infraestructure: a bibliometric analysis focused on adaptation measures

3 speakers

 

Mumbai Floods& Pathways to Transformation: Status& Direction& and Milestones

Mihir Bhatt

 

Potluck session 6G

7 speakers

 

Addressing compound risks of climate change, urbanization, and social cohesion in communities: Lessons from Amman - Jordan

5 speakers

 

Nature-based solutions approaches to climate change adaptation in urban informal settlements in Sub-Saharan Africa

8 speakers

 

How can cities adapt to a disrupted world: New Approaches to City Planning post COVID-19

Perrine Hamel

 

Accelerating Sustainable Transitions through Voluntary Local Reviews (VLRs)

5 speakers

 

Democratic Climate Model: how rooted collaboration and centering of citizens in climate action is innovative and critical for achieving climate resilience

Nadja Nickel

 

Planning for Resilience in Vulnerable Communities in the Philippines

2 speakers

 

Green Recovery and Finance for Sustainable Infrastructure

2 speakers

 

Localised risks and spatial planning implications of climate change: Discussions on localisation of Climate Change data and Climate Action

6 speakers

 

Strengthening and learning from the adaptive capacities of the urban poor

2 speakers

 

CITY ADAPTATION FOR CLIMATE ACTION: POSITIONING ADAPTATION TO CLIMATE CHANGE IN CITIES

6 speakers

 

Potluck session 7F

3 speakers

 

How can cities adapt to a changing disrupted world? Emerging approaches to City Planning post COVID-19

6 speakers

 

URBAN MENUS Smart Cities with Happiness: How can we develop new visions for quarters where people want to live& companies work and environment is healthy

6 speakers

 

Succeed with Cooperative Urban Resilience and Excellence

Gareth Byatt

 

Understanding Urban Resilience

8 speakers

 

Wetopia for climate solutions

6 speakers

 

Transitioning to a circular economy at city level: climate benefits& tools& challenges

5 speakers

 

Application of AI and Blockchain to solving urban environmental challenges

4 speakers

 

Financing climate adaptation and mitigation; interdependency as a rule. The case of the energy transition

3 speakers

 

Using spatial data for evidence based city policy in Africa

4 speakers

 

Cities that connect people and nature - Post Pandemic Green Recovery in Europe

6 speakers

 

Navigating complex urban climate risks

3 speakers

 

Unlocking city resilience through ports

6 speakers

 

Connecting the city’s innovation ecosystem towards sustainable development: The case of Barcelona’s Science Diplomacy

4 speakers

 

Eco-Sim City: Norms for Resilience, Diversity and Spontaneity

2 speakers

 

Building Climate Resilient Cities - Focused Adaptation

Snigdha Garg

 

Urbanization and Climate Change Adaptation in Coastal area of Caspian Sea; Challenges and Solutions with a focus on Iran and Azerbaijan

7 speakers

 

Nature-based solutions for hydro-meteorological risk reduction

3 speakers

 

Advancing Green, Equitable Recovery in Cities

2 speakers

 

Tackling climate change with land policy

Pamela Guerra

 

Waste Management for and in urban cities

8 speakers

 

Potluck session 9E

2 speakers

 

Maximising Ecosystem Service benefits in cities via Urban Forestry and Agriculture

4 speakers

 

Learning games and #Local4Action - Unlocking a global resilience roadmap for local and regional governments

8 speakers

 

Google-ICLEI Action Fund: Climate Data-driven Projects in Latin America

7 speakers

 

Community Resilience to Climate Change

3 speakers

 

From Nature-Based Solutions to the Nature-Based Economy

6 speakers

 

Mapping Sustainable and Resilience Business Practices in Mexico and Colombia: The role of SMEs in community transformation

7 speakers

 

Building climate resilience with Infrastructure Pathways

3 speakers

 

Unlocking the potential of African subnational development banks to finance Africa's urban transition

6 speakers

 

Supporting cities in navigating towards 24/7 carbon free energy

4 speakers

 

Assessing the impact of urban forestry

3 speakers

 

Old Tech: The Vernacular as Innovation in Urban Sustainability

Joseph Heathcott

 

City experiences in delivering local climate action plans

5 speakers

 

Innovative approaches to understanding how cities can better generate knowledge and knowledge transfer for equitable, effective climate action

2 speakers

 

Consumption-based sustainability metrics help local governments understand their fair share of climate action

3 speakers

 

Designing a sustainable city: the importance of the involvement of local actors for the resilience of the city

7 speakers

 

Mentoring Innovations From Nature

Diego Padilla
Oct 14, 2021

 

Planning the Water-Energy-Food (WEF) Nexus

Dr. Daphne Keilmann-Gondhalekar

 

Green Finance and Urban Development

4 speakers

 

Collaboration & Scaling for Impact Workshop

5 speakers

 

Build Back Creative: Sustainable Solutions by the Creative Economy

Lisa Russell

 

Nature based solutions for Climate Change

Dhanashri Shridhar Mirajkar

 

NEW EUROPEAN BAUHAUS: CO-CREATING A CULTURAL EXPERIENCE TO REACH THE GREEN DEAL

Nicolas Gharbi

 

Urban and Peri-Urban Forestry (UPF) in practice: ecosystem connectivity and wellbeing

4 speakers

 

Sustainable Future for Heritage Cities

3 speakers

 

Data for Urban Resilience: The need for inclusive approaches towards city-wide resilience

6 speakers

 

Addressing climate change across intermediary cities

6 speakers

 

Cross-Sector Collaborations on Addressing Climate Risks

5 speakers

 

Limeños Al Bicentenario: Recovery of public spaces with a circular economy and social cohesion approach for the wellbeing for children and vulnerable population

5 speakers

 

Serious Games: effective tools for mainstreaming NBS in urban planning

5 speakers

 

The Weight of Cities in Latin America and the Caribbean: Advancing towards sustainable, low-carbon, and resource efficient urbanization

9 speakers

 

Avoiding ‘mal-mitigation’: Integrating city-level climate action plans with clean air action plans – The experiences of Madrid and Mexico City

Richard Siluzas

 

Examining city-level risk modelling, preparedness and response tools and assessments to promote community resilience

3 speakers

 

Supporting Citizen Participation in Urban Development processes

2 speakers

 

Urban Resilience through Innovation-Climate Hackathon

5 speakers

 

Climate justice in urban pedagogy and practice: towards an inclusive and context-sensitive green recovery for cities.

8 speakers

 

Urban Science : Learning from the past & innovating for the future

7 speakers

 

WUDAPT Global Initiative

3 speakers

 

Southern Communities for a Green New Deal

4 speakers

 

Cities in a New/ Changing Climate: Saving our urban world and its dwellers

4 speakers

 

Community Resilience to Climate, Climate change and participatory urban planning, the case of the Valparaíso Community Development Plan

2 speakers

 

How to communicate a crisis? Creating visions for desirable urban futures

5 speakers

 

Carbon Accounting: Forestry, Supply Chain and the Connection to the Sustainable Development Goals

10 speakers

 

Towards safe and sustainable mobility in cities

3 speakers

 

Business involvement on the development of data and information management to promote the circular economy and sustainable production at the city level

5 speakers

 

LEDS Lab Guide for the Preparation of Bankable Climate Action Projects

7 speakers

 

Air quality monitoring based on alternative methods in cities

6 speakers
Oct 15, 2021

 

Green and Thriving Neighborhoods, a pathway to net zero using the 15-minute City

6 speakers

 

Urban Climate Change Research Network: Global Hub Activity Updates

6 speakers

 

Heat-proofing European cities

5 speakers

 

The relevance of the Right to the City to face Climate Change, Global Warming and Environmental Justice from the local level and beyond

6 speakers

 

The Just Energy Circle: exploring energy equity issues in frontline communities

4 speakers

 

Realising a just climate transition

4 speakers

 

Human and Water Flows: managing rainwater, flooding and migration with Urban planning instruments

3 speakers

 

Decentralising data: harnessing digital and community data to tackle air pollution and urban climate impacts

3 speakers

 

Promoting smart cities and climate resilience through innovative approaches

7 speakers

 

Policy resources and municipal capacity in Chile: Local governments perceptions of the Public Space Contributions Law

4 speakers

 

Urban water resilience and the City Water Resilience Approach

7 speakers

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