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Urban Adaptation
A 15 minute speech
follador@alsocabra.comMarco Follador
Cities have to play a leading role in addressing climate change impacts
Soaring Urbanization trends
Cities concentrate important assets
Built assets (infrastructures)
Economic activities
And vulnerable communities
“The vast majority of those assets, and assets everywhere in this country, are designed to withstand climate events of the past, not climate events of the future.” (Swiss Re America)
Cities have been planed without future climate extremes
Cities will be highly impacted
What can we do as quickly as possible toavoid potentiallosses as damages?
Big problems = Big Opportunities
Funding
Governmentalsources (Eufunding LIFE,H2020,...), localbudgets...
Banks/financialinstitutionprovides loans orguarantees
Private sectors/greenbonds/real estatedevelopers/foundations
Risk of INACTION
Lack of vertical/horizontal governance
Lack of political commitment
Lack of knowledge
Lack of $$
Wrong allocation of $$ to reactive approaches (disaster management…)
Covenant of Mayors for Energy and Climate
Thank you!!
…where everything seems nearlyhopeless until the end, and thensuddenly, many times against allhope, the super-heroes save theday….
…Or maybe we should just listen to thescientists and climate practitioners a lot more
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