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#4 WEBINAR: Understanding Urban Resilience

Webinar#4
Time: 13 October 2021, 12:40 – 14:10 CET (Prerecorded session) 

Registration: Register at Innovate4cities conference for a parallel session C8 - https://www.innovate4cities.org/  

 Watch the recording: https://vimeo.com/channels/1719321  

 Contact information (SDU): mpiz@iti.sdu.dk,tek-ura@iti.sdu.dk      

 Organiser: University of Southern Denmark (SDU) for Innovate4Cities  

The fourth webinar of the ‘Urban Resilience webinar series 2021: Just and Green Transition’ in developed in the framework of Innovate4cities, a virtual global and regional event organized by UN-Habitat and the Global Covenant of Mayors for Climate & Energy (GCoM). The Innovate4cities brings together science and innovation, policy and practice united by a common objective: enabling cities to take accelerated and more ambitious climate action.  

 The session will be introduced by the presentation of the preliminary results of the research ‘Understanding Urban Resilience’ conducted by researchers from University of Southern Denmark, Imperial College London, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and University IUAV of Venice. The research was designed following directly the outcomes and recommendations of the Cities IPCC Conference in Edmonton and the Global Research and Action Agenda on Cities and Climate Change. The panellists will debate on the four key questions derived from Innovate4Cities's City Research Agenda, using as starting point the preliminary results of understanding Urban Resilience Research. 

Panellists  

Maryke_van_Staden

 Maryke van Staden 
Director of ICLEI’s carbonn Climate Center
ICLEI 
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Drazen_Kucan
Drazen Kucan 
Sector Lead / Senior Urban Development and Energy Efficiency Specialist 
GCF 
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Maturika_Pruksapong

Mutarika Pruksapong 
Programme Management Officer at the Global Education 
and Training Institute (GETI) for Disaster Risk Reduction 
UNDRR 
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Esteban_Leon

Esteban Leon 
Head of City Resilience Global Program 
UN-Habitat
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Presenters

Katarzyna Wieszczeczynska

Katarzyna Wieszczeczynska 
PhD Candidate 
University of Southern Denmark 
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Jungwoo_Chun

Jungwoo Chun 
PhD Candidate
Massachusetts Institute of Technology 
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Vittore_Negretto

Vittore Negretto 
Research Fellow
IUAV University of Venice 
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Moderator

NICOLA TOLLIN

Nicola Tollin
Professor WSR in Urban Resilience 
University of Southern Denmark 
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Last Updated 05.10.2023