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Resilient Cities: Scaling Adaptation Actions through Transport and Urban Infrastructure

Cities are central to climate action and economic growth and hotspots of climate-related hazards. Growing disruptions to transport, infrastructure, environment, and growth underscore the need for resilient solutions to ensure prosperity and sustainability. This session showcases the World Bank as a key partner in helping cities enhance their adaptation capacity.

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Cities are central to climate action and economic growth and hotspots of climate-related hazards. Growing disruptions to transport, infrastructure, environment, and growth underscore the need for resilient solutions to ensure prosperity and sustainability. This session showcases the World Bank as a key partner in helping cities enhance their adaptation capacity.

IN PERSON: World Bank Group Pavilion at COP29

ONLINE: Via Webex

Ming Zhang

Global Director, Urban, Resilience and Land Global Department, The World Bank

Banu Kuran

Head of External Finance Department, Urban Transformation Presidency, Türkiye

Stefanie Holzwarth

Programme Management Officer, Urban Mobility, Urban Basic Services Section of the Global Solutions Division, UN-Habitat

Manuel A. Alculete Lopes de Araújo

Mayor of Quelimane, Mozambique

Sheela Patel

Founder and Director, Society for Promotion of Area Resource Centres (SPARC)

Date: November 20, 2024

Time: 02:49 PM - 02:49 PM ET

Location: World Bank Group Pavilion at COP29 and Online