Climate and Disaster Resilience at the City Level Recording Read more about Climate and Disaster Resilience at the City Level Recording City-level resilience towards climate and disaster-related risks requires a suite of interventions embedded within wider processes of sustainable urban development. This includes risk-sensitive land use management processes, resilient infrastructure that provides equitable access to the urban poor, improved early warning systems and disaster preparedness, and strengthened financial preparedness to deal with disasters.
Presentation: Using Climate and Disaster Risk Information for Designing Pro-poor Community Infrastructure Read more about Presentation: Using Climate and Disaster Risk Information for Designing Pro-poor Community Infrastructure
Using Climate and Disaster Risk Information for Designing Pro-Poor Investments in Community Infrastructure Recording Read more about Using Climate and Disaster Risk Information for Designing Pro-Poor Investments in Community Infrastructure Recording The urban poor often lives where they can afford to such as in informal settlements, which are often non-compliant with planning and building regulations and lack community infrastructure for essential services. Factors such as rapid urbanization and limited land space continue to drive informal construction of housing in cities in high-risk areas. Precarious living conditions exacerbate their vulnerability to climate and disaster risks such as extreme heat, droughts, flooding, cyclones, storm surge, and sea-level rise.
Capacity Development Course Read more about Capacity Development Course SDCD held a virtual Resilience Learning Month 2021 capacity development course in November and December which targeted national staff from ADB resident missions and country offices in the South and Southeast Asia Departments. The course is comprised of six short, highly interactive workshops that integrate training on climate and disaster resilience, climate finance, climate change mitigation, and disaster risk financing.
Call for Applications: Atoll Youth Climate Leaders Read more about Call for Applications: Atoll Youth Climate Leaders Description
Systematic Observations Financing Facility (SOFF): Briefing for ADB Operations Staff Read more about Systematic Observations Financing Facility (SOFF): Briefing for ADB Operations Staff This presentation gives an overview of the successful application of weather and climate services through the Systematic Observation Financing Facility.
The Systematic Observations Financing Facility (SOFF): Exploring Opportunities for ADB Read more about The Systematic Observations Financing Facility (SOFF): Exploring Opportunities for ADB The Systematic Observations Financing Facility (SOFF) established at COP26 in Glasgow, aims to mobilize $200 million in grant funds to support LDCs and SIDS improve their weather observation infrastructure. The support includes (i) TA resources to undertake initial assessments; (ii) grant resources to establish observation infrastructure, and (iii) results-based financing to support the maintenance of observation infrastructure.
Community Resilience Partnership Program (Gender Window) Read more about Community Resilience Partnership Program (Gender Window)
Alexander Fowler Keywords resilience urban poor Urban Development climate change disaster risk reduction pro-poor policies and investments Read more about Alexander Fowler Alexander Fowler has been working in the field of disaster risk reduction and climate change adaptation since completing his undergraduate degree in Disaster Management in 2011. He has worked on resilience building projects in Lao PDR, Bhutan, Maldives, and Sri Lanka with a specific focus on mainstreaming disaster risk reduction and climate change adaptation into development planning processes.