Building Urban Resilience in Critical Infrastructure Assets, systems, and networks that are essential by governments for the functioning of a society and economy and deserving of special protection for national security. The ability of a system, community or society exposed to hazards to resist, absorb, accommodate, adapt to, transform and recover from the effects of a hazard in a timely and efficient manner, including through the preservation and restoration of its essential basic structures and functions through risk management (UNDRR). The FIVE ICLEI PATHWAYS reflect ICLEI’s approach to achieving a sustainable city as well as local contributions to implementing the goals laid out in international frameworks such as the Sustainable Development Goals. Any of our individual projects or initiatives can be oriented along one or more specific pathways. We also look at how the pathways connect to bring about change in an INTEGRATED way. For example, we consider how nature-based development contributes to resilience, or how to bring equity into low emission development. Cities need to look at resilience from a systemic governance perspective Integrated management starts with wide-scale mobilization of support from stakeholders and robust facts and data. Challenges often lie in the acceleration and upscaling of activities. Individual best practice is easier to achieve, follow-up funding and investment is challenging

1. The Business Continuity Conference,
25th October 2023 in Riyadh
Sheraton Riyadh Hotel & Towers
Speaker Ms. Nuha Eltinay
Senior Expert

2. © ICLEI Europe
Connect • Innovate • Accelerate
Building Urban Resilience in Critical
Infrastructure
Nuha Eltinay
Senior Expert, Urban Resilience and Climate Adaptation
ICLEI Europe

3. INTRODUCING ICLEI
ICLEI - Local Governments for Sustainability is a global network of more than 1,750
local and regional governments committed to sustainable urban development.
Active in 100+ countries, we influence sustainability policy and drive local action for
low emission, nature-based, equitable, resilient and circular development.

4. Urban Resilience in
CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE
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Assets, systems, and networks that are essential by governments for the functioning of a
society and economy and deserving of special protection for national security
WHAT?
WHY?
Resource: CISSP, 2020
The ability of a system,
community or society
exposed to hazards to
resist, absorb,
accommodate, adapt to,
transform and recover
from the effects of a
hazard in a timely and
efficient manner,
including through the
preservation and
restoration of its essential
basic structures and
functions through risk
management (UNDRR).

5. The Five ICLEI Pathways
LOW EMISSION
DEVELOPMENT
NATURE-BASED
DEVELOPMENT
EQUITABLE AND
PEOPLE CENTERED
DEVELOPMENT
RESILIENT
DEVELOPMENT
CIRCULAR
DEVELOPMENT
The FIVE ICLEI PATHWAYS reflect ICLEI’s approach to achieving a sustainable city as
well as local contributions to implementing the goals laid out in international
frameworks such as the Sustainable Development Goals. Any of our individual
projects or initiatives can be oriented along one or more specific pathways. We also
look at how the pathways connect to bring about change in an INTEGRATED way.
For example, we consider how nature-based development contributes to resilience,
or how to bring equity into low emission development.

6. Frameworks on resilience and adaptation:
ICLEI‘s Urban Resilience Methodology
• Cities need to look at resilience from a
systemic governance perspective
• Integrated management starts with
wide-scale mobilization of support
from stakeholders and robust facts
and data
• Challenges often lie in the
acceleration and upscaling of
activities. Individual best practice is
easier to achieve, follow-up funding
and investment is challenging

7. Tools and Methodologies
Impact and
Vulnerability Analysis
of Vital Infrastructures
and built-up Areas
Resilience
Maturity Model
Risk Systemicity
Questionnaire

8. Tools and Methodologies
A DRM framework for historic areas
and related tools

9. European Cities who used the RMM
• awareness raising on city resilience and sustainability - KRISTIANSAND, RIGA
• improved decision support at local level in cities - BRISTOL, DONOSTIA
• increased transparency and advanced monitoring action - VEJLE
• enhanced trust in local and regional governance - KRISTIANSAND, GLASGOW
• activation and mobilization of citizens through co-creation activities;
KRISTIANSAND, DONOSTIA
• contribution to a sustainable and resilient economy and society that respects
the environment - VEJLE
• better perspectives for a bottom-up inclusive resource governance at local
level - RIGA, ROME, GLASGOW
• promote mainstreaming processes of resilience strategies into local plans -
KRISTIANSAND, DONOSTIA
• prioritize interventions evaluating potential impacts –ROME, KRISTIANSAND,
VEJLE

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Risk
identification
Risk
Reconstruction
Preparedness
Financial
protection
Principles on Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR)
Build Capacities, Raise awareness
and trigger action.(HOW? damages
and losses caused by historical
disasters/potential damages and
losses form future events
Use risk information to inform
improving DRR policy and designing
risk reduction measures pre-
disaster (HOW? carrying out macro-
level assessments of the risks to
different types of buildings (for
prioritizing investment in
reconstruction and retrofitting)
Understanding of the geographic
area affected, along with the
intensity and frequency of different
hazard events, and assess
vulnerabilities for climate change
impacts
Quantify the risk of comparatively rare
high-impact natural hazard events
HOW? (micro insurance or household
earthquake insurance) manage or
support programs that manage
individual financial risks

11. ICLEI’s work on Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR)
Projects/ Initiatives ICLEI is involved related to DRR
RAMSES - Science for Cities in Transition
Delivering quantified evidence of the impacts of climate change and
the costs and benefits of a wide range of adaptation measures,
focusing on cities
ARCH - Advancing Resilience of historic areas against Climate and
other Hazards
Develop a disaster risk management framework for assessing and
Better preserve areas of cultural heritage from hazards and risks
RESCUE ME - Equitable RESilience solutions to strengthen the link
between CUltural landscapEs and coMmunitiEs
Developing, testing and demonstrating innovative tools and processes
for climate adaptation and disaster risk management
NATURANCE - Enhance nature to help people adapt to change and
disasters - Examines the technical,feasibility and performance of
solutions built on disaster risk financing and Nature-based Solutions
(NbS) investments

12. •Green Infrastructure as a one-off state
intervention, the proGIreg Living Labs will
develop nature-based solutions (NBS) which
are citizen owned and co-developed by state,
market and civil society stakeholders.
•These areas suffer from social and economic
disadvantages, inequality and related crime
and security problems. They lack quality
greenspaces, have a negative impact on
human health and wellbeing and are more
vulnerable to the effects of climate change.
•co-designing, co-creating and co-
implementing NBS with local communities and
on the economic level through combining NBS
with market-ready business models.
•NBS to be tested include: regenerating
industrial soils biotic compounds, creating
community-based urban agriculture and
aquaponics and making renatured river
corridors accessible for local residents.
Green Infrastructure
proGIreg
Productive Green Infrastructure for post-
industrial urban regeneration
Duration: 2018 - 2023

13. Smart Infrastructure
• GrowSmarter brings together cities and
industry to integrate and demonstrate "12
smart city solutions" in energy,
infrastructure and transport, to provide
other cities with valuable insights on how
they work in practice, as well as
opportunities for replication.
• The cities of Stockholm (Sweden), Cologne
(Germany) and Barcelona (Spain) are
implementing solutions ranging from
smart home energy management systems,
to micro-freight distribution, and from
automated waste collection, to vehicle to
grid charging.
• Five "Follower Cities" – Cork (Ireland), Graz
(Austria), Porto (Portugal), Suceava
(Romania) and Valletta (Malta) – will be
closely engaged throughout the project,
with the aim of themselves implementing
the demonstrated smart solutions.
GrowSmarter
Duration: 2015 - 2019

14. ICLEI’s work on Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR)
Collaboration with key organisations
• UNDRR
Making Cities Resilient 2030
• Z Zurich Foundation
Urban Resilience Climate Programme
Climate Resilience Measurment for Communities (CRMC)
Tool to assess floods and urban heat risks in Izmir, Turkey

15. Funding DRR
• ICLEI is actively involved in the
Mission Adaptation:
• Pathways2Resilience cascading
funding for cities and regions coming
up in November 2024
• ICLEI partners with EBRD, which funds
green cities adaptation strategies and
sustainable projects (currently working
with Shymkent, Iasi and Warsaw)
• ICLEI is part of the Covenant of Mayors –
Europe supporting cities in
implementing their ambitions and
connecting to funding opportunities
• ICLEI is co-chair of the MCR2030
initiative, creating a collaborative
environment to share best practices

16. Events & Capacity Building
EU Green Week
European Week for Regions and Cities
Daring Cities
Sustainable Cities and Towns
And more…
Annual European Urban Resilience
Forum, last edition took place 18-20
October 2023, with focus on
management of new extremes,
integrated governance and financing
resilient cities.
The 11th Edition will take place in
Valencia, Spain, 25-27 June 2024
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