6th International Disaster and Risk Conference IDRC 2016 Integrative Risk Management - Towards Resilient Cities. 28 August - 01 September 2016 in Davos, Switzerland

1. Central Port Vila, Vanuatu Photo © Phillip Capper, 2006 CC BY 2.0
Working with the towns, cities and provinces of Small Island
Developing States (SIDS) – the most climate vulnerable areas
in the world
ICLEI – Local Governments for Sustainability
Evgenia Mitroliou, Officer, Resilient Cities | IDRC Davos 2016

2. Today, ICLEI is a world-leading association of over 1,500 cities, towns, regions in
86 countries, dedicated to promoting global sustainability through local measures.

3. Towards Sustainable Cities:
ICLEI’s 10 Urban Agendas
Sustainable City
Low-carbon City
Resource-efficient and
Productive City
BiodiverCity
Smart City
EcoMobile City
Happy, Healthy and Inclusive
Communities
Sustainable Local
Economy and Procurement
Sustainable City-Region
Cooperation

4. Resilient City
A resilient city is prepared to absorb and recover from any shock or stress
while maintaining its essential functions, structures, and identity, adapting
and thriving in the face of continual change.
 Resilient cities and communities
programs and tools (e.g. BARC, Pacific Islands
Climate Resilience Toolkit)
 Resilient Cities congress series
 Advocacy and partnerships
 Making Cities Resilient Campaign Deputy Mayor of Honiara City Council, Solomon
Islands with Mayor of Bonn, Germany at the
Resilient Cities 2016 congress

5. Urban areas of Small Island
Developing States (SIDS)
SIDS are faced with a multitude of challenges:
• Limited capacity
• High vulnerability (especially to water-related risks)
• Rapid urbanization
However, there’s also large potential for resilience
Devastation after Cyclone Pam, March 2015
Photo: Graham Crumb, 2015/Imagicity.com [CC BY-SA 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons
The Mayor of Port Vila City
Council, Vanuatu called for
action in response to the
devastation caused by
Cyclone Pam in 2015

6. Pacific Islands Resilience Toolkit
• Pacific Islands Climate Resilience Toolkit launched in 2015
Process methodology with 3
phases: “Analyze”, “Act” and
“Accelerate” to guide
municipalities in achieving
climate resilience

7. Disaster Risk Reduction Workshops
• DRR Self-Assessment and Action Planning workshops
in Port Vila, Vanuatu (June 2015)
• DRR Self-Assessment workshop in Honiara, Solomon
Islands (March 2016)
Utilizing the Making Cities Resilient Campaign tools
customized to the needs of the Small Island cities.
• The new “Ten Essentials” for Making Cities Resilient
Checklist
• Local Government Self-Assessment Tool (LG-SAT)
• Disaster Resilience Scorecard
• Handbook for Local Government Leaders on How to Make
Cities More Resilient

8. The Ten Essentials
Essential 1:
Organization &
Coordination
Essential 2:
Financing
Essential 3:
Know Your Risk
Essential 4: Risk-
reducing
Infrastructure
Essential 5: Safe
Schools & Health
Facilities
Essential 6:
Building
Regulations & Land
Use Planning
Essential 7:
Education & Training
Essential 8: Eco-
systems & Natural
Buffers
Essential 9: Early
Warning Systems &
emergency
Management
Essential 10:
Reconstruction

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Essentials 1 - 10 Score
Organisation
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Know Your Risk
Finance
Building Regulations & Land Use
Planning
Safe Schools & Health Facilities
Infrastructure
Education &
Training
Eco-systems &
Natural Buffers
Early Warning Syste
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Management
Reconstruction

11. Port Vila has also joined the Compact of Mayors!

12. Lessons of resilience
• Political will and perseverance
• Adjusting the “language” and tools to fit
• New knowledge and tools + local knowledge
• Co-designing strategies in the fight against loss and damage
• Connecting local leaders for exchange of knowledge and best
practices
• Capacity building to apply tools and reduce vulnerabilities

13. Community for Towns, Cities and
Provinces of Small Island
Developing States
• Communicate and collaborate
• Access new information and tools
• Access funding and joint proposals
• ICLEI is seeking partner organizations to support the ICLEI Community. For
more information, please contact:
Steve Gawler, Global Coordinator, ICLEI Oceania Regional
Director, steve.gawler@iclei.org
Councilor Eddie Ngava, Honiara City
at the Resilient Cities 2016 Congress

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