24 September 2018 New York City, US
Small City Resilience

A roundtable discussion on small and medium-sized cities’ climate resilience, hosted by the Institute for Sustainable Cities at Hunter College (New York, US), in partnership with the National League of Cities, Institute for Building Technology and Safety (IBTS), Urban Climate Change Research Network (UCCRN), Consortium for Climate Risk in the Urban Northeast and CitiesIPCC, will take place during Climate Week NYC 2018 and Global Goals Week 2018.

Themed ‘Small City Resilience,’ the event will explore the opportunity for climate resilience that is offered by small and medium-sized cities around the world. Based on lessons from hurricanes Katrina, Sandy, Harvey, Irma and Maria in small cities in Louisiana, New York, Florida, Texas and Puerto Rico, expert practitioners and researchers will discuss, inter alia: enabling capacities to prioritize resilience that addresses immediate community needs; political drivers to engage elected and appointed officials; measurement tools to create pragmatic and incremental resilience plans; innovative models to finance and fund the “next era” of climate resilience; and collateral benefits to ensure judicious use of limited resources.

date: 24 September 2018
location: New York City, US
www: http://www.climateweeknyc.org/event/small-city-resilience

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