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The Global Facility for Disaster Reduction and Recovery (GFDRR) hosted two half-day online events to showcase its work in disaster risk management. Over 100 global attendees discussed the progress made toward reducing disaster vulnerability in a changing climate, and ongoing efforts to seek innovative and sustainable solutions.
Day 1 focused on resilience and climate change, along with featuring GFDRR’s work in the Caribbean, India, the Marshall Islands, Bhutan and The Gambia.
Day 2 centered on inclusive disaster risk management (DRM) and gender equality; the nexus between DRM and fragility; conflict and violence; and messages from Tonga, Indonesia, Romania and West Bank & Gaza.
Visit the GFDRR Partnership Days site for the recorded event sessions and shared knowledge products. Check out the blog about the event.
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Launch Event -- Silver Hues: Building Age-Ready Cities
April 5, 9:00 am-10:30 am ET
This event will discuss options to plan, design, and create age-ready cities and towns for a future in which older persons will increasingly outnumber young ones. Inclusion of senior citizens must be taken into consideration given the global pandemic, climate change, and the unique situation of older persons.
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Demographic Trends and Urbanization
April 5, 7:00 pm-8:30 pm ET
This session will highlight key regional demographic trends and its confluence with urbanization, its future outlook, and the implications that it will have for cities’ decision making on public spending, infrastructure investments and urban design. The recent “Demographic Trends and Urbanization, intended as a roadmap for national and city governments, will also be discussed.
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GPURL’s 30 Days of Learning – in a virtual format – provides staff opportunities to build capacity on technical, operational, and soft business skills. Get greater insight into Global Solutions Groups (GSGs) and Knowledge Silo Breakers (KSBs) to advance our work. Catch the last week featuring the Urban Poverty, Inclusive Cities and Housing GSG. See the calendar of events on Sharepoint and OLC. Browse the Learning Catalog for over 200 archived webinars.
(View session recordings on the GPURL Learning Days 2022 Video channel)
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Leveraging Sustainable Tourism for Country-Level Recovery and Climate Action
April 18, 8:00 am ET
This invitation-only virtual event will center on an in-depth discussion with diverse stakeholders and policymakers on how sustainable tourism can be leveraged for climate action and inclusive livelihoods, as tourism-dependent communities plan for an economic recovery from COVID-19.
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In Case You Missed It:
Recordings of Recent Events
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Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Municipal Finance
March 31, 2022
Report Launch: Disability Inclusion in Disaster Risk Management - Assessment in the Caribbean
March 24, 2022
Scaling up risk reduction of critical infrastructure – Experience from Europe and Central Asia Region
March 18, 2022
Understanding and preventing wildfires – Experience from Europe and Central Asia Region
March 18, 2022
How to Design Urban Nature-Based Solutions: applying the Catalogue of Nature-based Solutions for Urban Resilience in Practice Interactively
March 17, 2022
A Pathway toward Resilient, Green, and Inclusive School Infrastructure
March 17, 2022
Scaling up Urban Flood Resilience through Nationally Facilitated Local Actions
March 16, 2022
Raising the Stakes on Gender in Disaster Risk Management – from global knowledge to operational impact
March 16, 2022
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Going forward, please use this form to pitch any blog for publication on the Sustainable Cities, Water or Development and a Changing Climate blog sites.
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Urban Development in the Headlines
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Authoritarians love smart cities. Russia is no exception
Coda
March 29, 2022
A New City, Built Upon Data, Takes Shape in South Korea
New York Times
March 28, 2022
What countries and cities will disappear due to rising sea levels?
Live Science
March 28, 2022
Africa grapples with climate finance issue
DW
March 25, 2022
Promoting use of technology to tackle urban problems
UNCTAD
March 22, 2022
OpED: Women & girls should be included in urban planning in the Carib
Caribbean Loop News
March 10, 2022
Lessons from nine urban areas using data to drive local sustainable development
Nature
March 8, 2022
How These Women Are Contributing to a Sustainable Tomorrow
Columbia Climate School
March 8, 2022
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