Climate shocks can have drastic impacts across social, economic and environmental systems. Adopting a “systems approach” is therefore essential to help promote cross-sectoral, multi-disciplinary collaboration in the process of policy making. The systems approach to climate shocks is even more relevant to cities, as they are places of concern due to the increased exposure to risk, but are also places of opportunities and solution.

2. Opening remarks
Soo-Jin Kim
Acting Head of the Cities, Urban
Policies and Sustainable Development
Division
OECD Centre for Entrepreneurship,
SMEs, Regions and Cities (CFE)

3. Setting the scene:
Transformative role of cities for building systemic climate
resilience
Tadashi Matsumoto
Head of Unit, Sustainable Development
and Global Relations
OECD

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SETTING THE SCENE:
TRANSFORMATIVE ROLE OF CITIES IN BUILDING
SYSTEMIC CLIMATE RESILIENCE
Tadashi Matsumoto
Head of Unit, Sustainable Development and Global Relations
OECD Workshop on Building Systemic Climate Resilience in Cities
Thursday 7 July, 2022

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Objectives and structure of the project
5
• Ensuring that climate change is at the heart of thinking on economic resilience in the recovery from COVID-19 and in
the face of ongoing disruptions
• As climate risks rise, recognising that climate cuts across all policy areas, requires systems thinking and a better
understanding of non-linear effects and tipping points
• A key part of the new OECD-wide approach to climate, drawing on OECD’s full multi-disciplinarity to develop
concrete policy recommendations across four modules:
1.
Reframing the
climate challenge
after COVID-19
2.
Accelerating the
transition to net-
zero emissions
3.
Building Systemic
Resilience to
climate impacts
4. IPAC:
Tracking
progress towards
climate goals

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Rethinking impacts of
climate change in cities
and regions
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Climate shocks affect systems in cities,
while shocks in other systems, in turn, affect climate
Climate shocks (from fast to slow on-set)
Floods and
storms
Heatwaves
Droughts
Biodiversity loss
Sea level rise
Direct (single)
Damages to
urban
infrastructure
Indirect, cascading and compound
impacts
Impacts on supply
chains
Decrease in
labour productivity
Increased food
prices
Asymmetric
across people
and places
Increased
vulnerability of
economically and
socially
marginalised
communities
COVID-19 related shocks
COVID-19 hospitalisation
Lockdowns
Remote work
Recovery packages
Environmental impacts
CO2 emission/air
pollution reductions
Increased volumes of
waste
Changes in locational
preferences of people
and firms
Recovery packages
offers opportunities to
invest in green and
climate resilient
infrastructure
Asymmetric across
people and places
Capacity gaps across
cities and regions
Recovery packages are
not necessarily tailored
to local needs of cities

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Applying a systemic approach to
climate resilience
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Key elements of systemic resilience
Better understanding of complex climate risks in cities
Addressing asymmetric impacts across people and places
Synergies and co-benefits with other systems in cities
Co-ordination and engagement among diverse actors

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Policy approaches to build systemic resilience
Expand risk assessment to unpredictable risks
Develop climate adaptation and resilience strategies at the
metropolitan scale
Combine policy approaches and goals to maximize co-benefits
Localise National Adaptation Plans and National Adaptation
Strategies
Foster collaborative climate action across national/local levels of
government
Engage diverse population groups in multiple systems

11. 
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Website: www.oecd.org/cfe
Thank you!
Tadashi.MATSUMOTO@oecd.org

12. Session 1: Understanding and addressing complex and
systemic risks in cities
Paolo Veneri
Head of Statistics and
Territorial Analysis Unit
OECD
Mark Pelling
Professor of
Geography
King's College
London
Mauricio Rodas
Visiting Scholar
University of Pennsylvania;
Senior Fellow,
Adrienne Arsht-Rockefeller
Foundation Resilience
Center, and Former Mayor
of Quito, Ecuador
Presenters
Moderator
Catherine Gamper
Co-ordinator of the
OECD Task Force on
Climate Change
Adaptation
OECD
Discussant
Anna Brown
Founder and
Principal
Aequita Consulting
LLC

13. Session 1: Understanding and addressing complex and
systemic risks in cities
 What are the main climate shocks in cities? How do they relate to other
economic, social, health and environmental shocks in cities?
 How do these shocks affect across people and places? Who and which places
affect most?
 What is ‘systemic resilience’ in cities? What are its key elements?
 How can climate risk-assessment frameworks in cities be improved, by
considering the direct, indirect, cascading and compound impacts of climate
change, and by addressing asymmetric impacts across places and people?

14. Workshop: Building systemic climate resilience in cities
7 July 2022
Session 1: Understanding and addressing complex and systemic risks in cities
Mark Pelling, King’s College London
• Urbanization as a time limited opportunity for climate resilience
• Shifting climate risk and extending resilience actions
• Trajectories in adaptation policy and action – gaps in evaluation
• An evaluation meta-frame: Climate Resilient Development

15. Global urbanisation offers a time-limited opportunity
to work toward climate-resilient development.
• 2015 - 2020, urban populations grew by more than
397 million people, more than 90% in less developed
regions.
• By 2050:
• an additional 2.5 billion people projected to live in urban areas, with up to 90% of this increase in
Asia and Africa.
• More than a billion people located in low-lying cities and settlements expected to be at risk from
coastal-specific climate hazards.
• Unplanned and informal settlements in low- and
middle-income nations and smaller and medium-sized
urban centres experienced most rapid growth in urban
vulnerability and exposure.

16. Shifting climate risk and extending resilience actions
• Observed impacts are direct, cascading and can become compounding
• Implications for urban adaptation priorities:
• Addressing compound hazard with cobenefits (e.g. air quality)
• Addressing compound risk with cobenefts (e.g. informal settlements)
• Extending from adaptation of objects (e.g. dwellings) to:
- programming adaptation of systems
(e.g. health systems, livelihood systems)
- integrating adaptation across systems – sectors and jurisdictions
• Across supply chains connect rural and urban
(e.g. producer-speculator-distributer-retailer-consumer)
• Priority interventions in interconnected infrastructure
(e.g. energy-transport-trade/work)
• To buffer from multi-risk shocks
(e.g. rethinking interconnected and high density settlements).

17. Trajectories in adaptation policy and action – gaps in evaluation
• Many cities have developed adaptation plans since AR5, many have not been implemented.
• An increasing array of adaptation options available: predominance of physical infrastructure, rapid
uptake of ecosystem-based adaptation, slower uptake into action of social policy options, some hybrid
experiments. Limited assessment of effectiveness or of consequences.
• Interconnected infrastructure expands across rural and urban. Limited independent, comparative
evaluation of contagion risk and adaptation effectiveness/consequences.
• Intersectional, gender-responsive vulnerability reduction increasing at local level through community-
based adaptation. Less evidence of upscaling and government led/collaborative strategic investment.
• Inclusive approaches gaining recognition as part of programmatic adaptation: participatory planning for
infrastructure and risk management in informal and underserviced neighbourhoods, the inclusion of
Indigenous knowledge and local knowledge, efforts to build local leadership, especially among women and
youth. Limited evidence of ‘how to’.

18. An evaluation meta-frame: Climate Resilient Development
• CRD = adaptation + mitigation + SD
• Limited systematic evidence gathering
• Lots of scope for cobenefits
• No single adaptation action resolves all CRD
• Urban planning opens most scope
• Physical infrastructure can constrain future options
• Shifting exposure as a consequence of adaptation
is the greatest consistent unmet challenge
• Integrated adaptation programming can enable joined-up planning, deployment and monitoring of
interactions between CRD elements.
More than 750 unique references reviewed by experts

19. Conclusions
• Urbanization a global opportunity/responsibility for an inclusive resilience
• Can adaptation keep-up with risk and impact trends:
– direct, social policy, hybrid, programme and compensatory?
• Multiple adaptation knowledge gaps – evaluation including of consequences
• Climate Resilient Development confirms opportunity for joined-up action
– and a structure to approach the adaptation knowledge gap

20. Session 1: Understanding and addressing complex and
systemic risks in cities
Paolo Veneri
Head of Statistics and
Territorial Analysis Unit
OECD
Mark Pelling
Professor of
Geography
King's College
London
Mauricio Rodas
Visiting Scholar
University of Pennsylvania;
Senior Fellow,
Adrienne Arsht-Rockefeller
Foundation Resilience
Center, and Former Mayor
of Quito, Ecuador
Presenters
Moderator
Catherine Gamper
Co-ordinator of the
OECD Task Force on
Climate Change
Adaptation
OECD
Discussant
Anna Brown
Founder and
Principal
Aequita Consulting
LLC

21. Building Systemic Resilience in
Cities
Mauricio Rodas, Former Mayor of Quito; Visiting Scholar,
University of Pennsylvania; Senior Fellow, Arsht-Rock
July 7, 2022

22. Facts
1800
Only 3% percent of the
population lived in cities
2022
55% of the world’s population
lives in urban areas
2050
It is projected that it will reach
68%
Cities are where 70% of the world’s CO2 emissions take place
More than 80% of global GDP is generated in cities
Facts

23. Main Climate
Shocks in Cities
• Droughts
• Floods
• Extreme heat (heat
waves)
• Forest Fires
• Sandstorms
• Warming of surface
waters
• Cyclones
• Hurricanes

24. • The Global Climate Risk Index 2021
analyses to what extent countries
and regions have been affected by
impacts of weather-related loss
events:
• storms, floods, heat waves etc.
• Human impacts (fatalities)
• Direct economic losses.
• The countries and territories most
affected in 2019 were Mozambique,
Zimbabwe and Bahamas.
• For the period of 2000 to 2019
Puerto Rico, Myanmar and Haiti
ranked the highest.
Source: German Watch

25. Multidimensional Hazards, Vulnerabilities, and
Perceived Risks in Cities
• Climate shocks and vulnerabilities vary within each city and reflect their geographical
and social characteristics
• All areas in a city and segments of the population are in certain level of danger
• Climate shocks and vulnerabilities are heterogeneous and unequally distributed
• Vulnerable populations are the most at risk
Natural features
determine climate
shocks
Social features
determine
vulnerability and
resilience

26. Climate Shocks in Cities
Economically deprived
populations, older people and
those with pre-existing
conditions are more vulnerable
to extreme climate events such
as heatwaves and floods, and
have a lower adaptive capacity
Since cities concentrate major
economic activities, societies'
assets and infrastructure in
high-risk locations are
particularly susceptible to
significant risks resulting from
climate change
Extreme heat is exacerbated in
cities by the “urban heat island”
effect that increases
with population density,
extensive economic activities
and urban expansion
In addition, many cities are in
coastal areas, and therefore are
exposed to projected rises in
sea level, storm activity, and
associated flooding
In densely populated urban
areas, the changing climate
affects the health and welfare of
a much larger number of people
in various ways

27. Human
livelihoods
(Climate
Refugees)
Health
Food
Security
Basic
services
provision
Infra-
structure
Housing
Economy
Multi-
dimensional
Impacts for
Cities

28. #1
Weather related
hazard that kills
more people than
all others
combined
1000
People died in June
2021 in the Pacific
Northwest and
British Columbia
$100B
Economic impact in US
economy in 2020 due
to workers’
productivity loss
1B
People will be
exposed to lethal
heat waves waves
by 2050
40.5°C
IPhones shut off
48.8°C
Airplanes can’t fly
Example: Extreme Heat Crisis

29. Resilience
Resilience is defined by the
(IPCC) as “the ability of a system
and its component parts to
anticipate, absorb,
accommodate, or recover from
the effects of a potentially
hazardous event in a timely and
efficient manner, including
through ensuring the
preservation, restoration, or
improvement of its essential basic
structures and functions”.

30. Systemic
Resilience in Cities
The capacity of a system to
anticipate, absorb, recover from and
adapt to a wide array of systemic
threats.
The processes of systemic resilience
provide the means to pursue
multiple objectives associated with
human and environmental health as
well as economic output.

31. How is systemic resilience generated?
1. A need to protect the system against an exogenous shock
Resources can be used
and transferred
between entities, by
interventions such as
building up stockpiles,
transferring resources
to people, bailing out
firms or building
appropriate
infrastructure.
2. An alternative is to have a much broader view of the
system as a whole and recognize that it will evolve and
modify itself over time
The appropriate policy would
be to guide or influence that
process to achieve our desired
goals.
Developing policies that will, by
design, lead the system to self-
organize itself to achieve the
required goals.

32. Example:
Systemic Resilience for Extreme Heat
Institutional Framework:
• Extreme heat policy
framework
• Heat Action Plans
• Chief Heat Officer (official
dedicated to addressing
heat-related risks)
Communications:
• Awareness raising
campaigns on heat related
risks associated to:
• Human health, economy
& jobs, social dynamics
and everyday life
• Heatwave categorization
and naming systems
On the Ground Actions:
• Cool roofs and pavements
• Nature based Solutions
• New green spaces
• Urban Biodiversity
conservation and
restoration
• Green Roofs
• Urban Gardens
• Food Security
• Poverty alleviation
• Gender equality

33. Session 1: Understanding and addressing complex and
systemic risks in cities
Paolo Veneri
Head of Statistics and
Territorial Analysis Unit
OECD
Mark Pelling
Professor of
Geography
King's College
London
Mauricio Rodas
Visiting Scholar
University of Pennsylvania;
Senior Fellow,
Adrienne Arsht-Rockefeller
Foundation Resilience
Center, and Former Mayor
of Quito, Ecuador
Presenters
Moderator
Catherine Gamper
Co-ordinator of the
OECD Task Force on
Climate Change
Adaptation
OECD
Discussant
Anna Brown
Founder and
Principal
Aequita Consulting
LLC

34. Session 1:
Understanding &
Addressing Complex &
Systemic Risks in Cities
OECD Workshop:
Building Systemic Climate Resilience in Cities
7 July 2022
Anna Brown, Aequita Consulting LLC
AEQUITA
CONSULTING LLC
Source: Aljazeera

35. State/ Province
Ecosystem
Municipality
Neighborhood
Household
Vulnerability: Scales & Sources
CLIMATE IMPACTS
Temperature change
Precipitation change
Sea level rise
Flooding &
inundation
Ecosystem change
Disasters & extreme
risk events
VULNERABILITY
Infrastructure
Ecology
Human
Health
Political
Social
Cultural
Economic
AEQUITA
CONSULTING LLC

36. Cascading Failure: Houston and the Texas Freeze
• Record cold temperatures
• Poorly insulated homes and inefficient
electric heat
• Power equipment in Texas not
winterized; equipment at natural gas
power facilities froze
• Power demand far exceeded levels
anticipated levels for a winter storm
• Even with massive blackouts, the
frequency of the grid dropped
• It was bad… but failures could have
been far worse
Chronic
poverty
Shock 1 Shock 2
Distress
point
HOUSEHOLD
SECURITY
Hurricane
Harvey
(2017)
Texas Freeze
(2021)
AEQUITA
CONSULTING LLC
Source: Adapted from Rodin, R.
COVID-19
…BUT IT COULD HAVE BEEN WORSE…

37. Resilient Cities Require Transformative Adaptation
AEQUITA
CONSULTING LLC
Source: Chu, E., A. Brown, K. Michael, J. Du, S. Lwasa, and A. Mahendra. 2019.

38. Action Spaces for Inclusive and Resilient Cities
Mainstream information on
climate risks into spatial
planning and the delivery of
urban infrastructure and
services, while strengthening
local capacity
Build climate resilience by
upgrading living conditions in
vulnerable communities and
informal settlements, drawing
upon local experience and
community knowledge
Prioritize nature-based
solutions to holistically
manage water and heat risks

39. Enabling Conditions for
Transformative Adaptation
AEQUITA
CONSULTING LLC
Strong
Leadership
Inclusion &
Equity
Knowledge, Data,
& Partnerships
Finance &
Local
Capacity
Evaluation &
Learning
Synergies
Across
Scales
Accountable
Institutions &
Governance
1. Need for rapid action at scale VS. actions
built on trust and relationships, diverse
inputs
2. Pre-event preparation costs less BUT
difficult to mobilize up-front capital
3. Coordination across actors, sectors critical
for cost effective & multi-benefit outcomes
VS targeted solutions given resource
constraints
NAVIGATING TENSIONS

40. Questions
Anna Brown
anna.brown@aequita.net
AEQUITA
CONSULTING LLC

41. Session 1: Understanding and addressing complex and systemic risks in
cities
Paolo Veneri
Head of Statistics and
Territorial Analysis Unit
OECD
Mark Pelling
Professor of
Geography
King's College
London
Mauricio Rodas
Visiting Scholar
University of Pennsylvania;
Senior Fellow,
Adrienne Arsht-Rockefeller
Foundation Resilience
Center, and Former Mayor
of Quito, Ecuador
Presenters
Moderator
Catherine Gamper
Co-ordinator of the
OECD Task Force on
Climate Change
Adaptation
OECD
Discussant
Anna Brown
Founder and
Principal
Aequita Consulting
LLC

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44. Session 2:
Synergies and co-benefits with other systems in cities
Aromar Revi
Director
Indian Institute
for Human
Settlements
Yann Francoise
Deputy Director and
Head of the Climate
Department, Paris
Climate and
Ecological
Transition
Directorate
Presenters
Moderator
Jose Enrique Garcilazo
Head of Unit, Regional
and Rural Policy
OECD
Discussant
Lina Liakou
Regional Director,
Europe and Middle
East
Resilient Cities
Network
Oriana Romano,
Head of Unit, Water
Governance and
Circular Economy
OECD

45. Session 2:
Synergies and co-benefits with other systems in cities
 Which mechanisms, tools and processes can help generate synergies and co-
benefits rather than trade-offs in addressing multiple policy objectives?
 How can ‘climate resilient development’ be different from traditional urban
development, in addressing the complex climate shocks in cities?
 How can green recovery strategies from the COVID-19 pandemic be promoted to
align their investment with climate goals and use it for transformative adaptation
in cities?

46. Session 2:
Synergies and co-benefits with other systems in cities
Aromar Revi
Director
Indian Institute
for Human
Settlements
Yann Francoise
Deputy Director and
Head of the Climate
Department, Paris
Climate and
Ecological
Transition
Directorate
Presenters
Moderator
Jose Enrique Garcilazo
Head of Unit, Regional
and Rural Policy
OECD
Discussant
Lina Liakou
Regional Director,
Europe and Middle
East
Resilient Cities
Network
Oriana Romano,
Head of Unit, Water
Governance and
Circular Economy
OECD

47. Resilient Cities Network
R-Cities for a safer and more
equitable world
Lina Liakou, Regional Director EME

48. RESILIENT CITIES NETWORK | R-CITIES FOR A SAFER AND MORE EQUITABLE
WORLD
What is
Resilience?
The capacity of individuals,
communities, institutions,
businesses, and systems to survive,
adapt, grow, and no matter what
kinds of chronic stresses and acute
shocks they experience.
fires
CHRONIC STRESSES
are slow moving and weaken
the fabric of a city
ACUTE SHOCKS
are sudden, sharp events
that threaten a city.
flooding
climate change
poverty
food insecurity
economic inequality
homelessness
earthquakes
disease outbreaks
terrorist attacks

49. World
Cities
Corporations
Communities
Building Resilient Cities &
Communities
RESILIENT CITIES NETWORK | R-CITIES FOR A SAFER AND MORE EQUITABLE
WORLD

50. INTRODUCING THE RESILIENT CITIES NETWORK: AN OVERVIEW
Resilient BoTu empowers the two neighborhoods of
Bospolder and Tussendijken, to become the city’s first “resilient
district,” by directing transformative infrastructure construction
and social programs that help people manage debt, access
education for both adults and children, find better employment,
and improve their housing quality.
“Resilient BoTu 2028 consists of so many
projects, initiatives and associations, and they
all reach out to different groups of residents.
What they have in common is that residents
take back control over their own life or
neighborhood and are supported in their
efforts by city officials.”
Marleen ten Vergert, Neighborhood Manager
& Coalition Organizer for BoTu
Rotterdam’s
First Resilient Neighborhood

51. INTRODUCING THE RESILIENT CITIES NETWORK: AN OVERVIEW
Belfast has historically been a place of conflict where people
have been cut off from the center. The city has been working on
trying to make the city a more human-centered city with a livable
center. The council acknowledged the need to plan the city
taking into account the youngest in the population. Play has
become the opportunity not only to provide outdoor facilities for
children but also to bring back nature to cities .
Belfast’s
Child Friendly City Planning

52. RESILIENT CITIES NETWORK | R-CITIES FOR A SAFER AND MORE EQUITABLE
WORLD
Aligning a community-
level resilience initiative
with a city’s overarching
strategy is a key factor to
enable the scaling up
Scaling up finance requires a
multi-pronged approach to
diversify sources of revenues,
and building technical capacity
in cities
Investments in climate-
resilient projects combined
with social and affordable
housing strengthen
community resilience while
reducing the unintended
effect of gentrification
Inclusive participatory planning is
critical to ensure that city initiatives
meet the needs of all community
members
Developing integrated solutions to
address intersecting crises can deliver
significant co-benefits

54. Session 3:
Co-ordination and engagement among diverse urban actors
Eugenie L. Birch
Nussdorf Professor of
Urban Research,
Weitzman School of
Design;
co-Director, Penn
Institute for Urban
Research, University
of Pennsylvania
Tennille Parker
Director of Disaster
Recovery and Special
Issues Division,
Department of Housing
and Urban Development,
United States
Presenters
Moderator Discussant
Catherine Anderson
Team Lead,
Governance for
Development
OECD
David Jacome-Polit
Senior Officer
Resilient
Development
ICLEI – Local
Governments for
Sustainability
Isabelle Chatry
Head of Unit,
Decentralisation,
Subnational
Government Finance
and Infrastructure
OECD

55. Session 3:
Co-ordination and engagement among diverse urban actors
 What are the main climate shocks in cities in your country? How do they relate to
other economic, social, health and environmental shocks in cities?
 Why is horizontal / vertical co-ordination among and across levels of government
vital (in addressing complex climate risks / shocks in cities)?
 What are key actions to be taken? Which mechanisms, tools and processes can
help, based on your experience?
 How can urban climate action be financed across levels of government/different
urban actors? Can you share successful practices / lessons?

56. BUILDING SYSTEMIC CLIMATE
RESILIENCE IN CITIES:
OECD WORKSHOP
SESSION 3 CO-ORDINATION AND ENGAGEMENT AMONG DIVERSE URBAN ACTORS
Eugenie L. Birch
Nussdorf Professor
University of Pennsylvania

57. UNDERSTANDING THE ENABLING
ENVIRONMENT
Multilevel Governance
• Global institutions
• Governmental
• Non-governmental
• National Government
• Subnational Government
• Civil Society
• Types
• Networks
• Partnerships
• Groups
• Private Sector
• NGOs
• Scientific/research

58. CONVENING … ADVOCACY… POLICY….IMPLEMENTATION…INVESTMENT…MONITORING

59. Dissecting Government:
National and Subnational
Administrative Structure… Legislation/Regulations… Budget/Finance…Data… Capacity

61. Session 3:
Co-ordination and engagement among diverse urban actors
Eugenie L. Birch
Nussdorf Professor of
Urban Research,
Weitzman School of
Design;
co-Director, Penn
Institute for Urban
Research, University
of Pennsylvania
Tennille Parker
Director of Disaster
Recovery and Special
Issues Division,
Department of Housing
and Urban Development,
United States
Presenters
Moderator Discussant
Catherine Anderson
Team Lead,
Governance for
Development
OECD
David Jacome-Polit
Senior Officer
Resilient
Development
ICLEI – Local
Governments for
Sustainability
Isabelle Chatry
Head of Unit,
Decentralisation,
Subnational
Government Finance
and Infrastructure
OECD

62. CLIMATE RISK IN CITIES OF THE UNITED STATES:
Strengthening Multi-level Governance For Systemic Climate Resilience
Tennille Smith Parker
Director, Disaster Recovery & Special Issues Division
U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development

63. PRIMARY CLIMATE SHOCKS IN U.S. CITIES
Extreme Heat
Drought
Wildfires
Riverine/inland flood
Coastal Flooding

64. GOVERNMENT
COORDINATION
Federal coordination in
response to natural disasters
States driving local
coordination
Funding drives/thwarts
coordination

65. KEYTOOLS AND ACTIONS IN
ADDRESSING CLIMATE CHANGE
National Disaster
Recovery Framework
Regional Planning
Intergovernmental
Agreements
Watersheds
Consortium

66. FINANCINGTOOLSTO MITIGATE CLIMATE
CHANGE
 National framework
 Local driven solutions
 Community Development Block Grants for Disaster Recovery
 Sequenced housing solutions
 Public insurance
 PublicTransparency
 Collecting data
 Citizen Engagement

67. Session 3:
Co-ordination and engagement among diverse urban actors
Eugenie L. Birch
Nussdorf Professor of
Urban Research,
Weitzman School of
Design;
co-Director, Penn
Institute for Urban
Research, University
of Pennsylvania
Tennille Parker
Director of Disaster
Recovery and Special
Issues Division,
Department of Housing
and Urban Development,
United States
Presenters
Moderator Discussant
Catherine Anderson
Team Lead,
Governance for
Development
OECD
David Jacome-Polit
Senior Officer
Resilient
Development
ICLEI – Local
Governments for
Sustainability
Isabelle Chatry
Head of Unit,
Decentralisation,
Subnational
Government Finance
and Infrastructure
OECD

68. Resilient
Development
Facilitating resilience and
inclusive practices for local and
regional governments
David Jacome-Polit
ICLEI World Secretariat
July 2022
ACTIVE IN
125+
COUNTRIES
300+
EXPERTS IN
24
OFFICES
WORLDW
IDE
2,500+
LOCAL
AND
REGIONAL
GOVERNMENTS

69. Resilient development
ICLEI’s offer
● Monitoring and evaluation
● Planning
● Implementation
● Insurance and risk transfer
● Transformative Actions
Program (TAP)
● Private sector engagement
● Global platforms for exchange
● Science-policy-dialogue
● Data analysis
● Knowledge management
● Research
● Global Covenant of Mayors for Climate
and Energy (GCoM)
● MCR2030
● Cities Race to Resilience
● Urban Infrastructure Insurance Facility
(UIIF)

70. Urban Infrastructure Insurance Facility (UIIF)
A financial instrument for municipal disaster risk
management
SAMS Office
São Paulo
MECS Office
Mexico City
● Extreme weather events in
the region: higher frequency
and intensity
● High urbanization rates (81%
in 2018) with 340 million living
in cities, exacerbating urban
vulnerability
● Availability and access to
financial resources for adaptation
● 85% of climate finance is
destined to mitigation projects
Potential cities considered for the project

71. Objectives
Outcomes
Partners
Facilitate informed decision making in natural DRM
Strengthen the financial resilience of cities to natural disasters
Tailored insurance product developed
Vulnerable population in need of emergency assistance supported
Rapid reconstruction of critical infrastructure services facilitated
Financial and technical assistance provided
Funded by KfW Development Bank
Implemented by ICLEI
Urban Infrastructure Insurance Facility (UIIF)
A financial instrument for municipal disaster risk
management

72. Thank you very much
Senior Officer - Resilient Development
ICLEI World Secretariat
Kaiser-Friedrich-Str. 7 ● 53113 Bonn ● Germany
Email: david.jacome-polit@iclei.org

73. Conclusions and closing remarks
Andrew Prag
Senior Advisor
Environment Directorate
OECD

74. Thank you!