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The Global Cities on the Frontline Speaker Series, began in March 2020 in response to the unfolding of the pandemic and its devastating effects around the world. Each session, as a result, was driven by audience demand and oriented to equip city practitioners with best practices for responding as expeditiously as possible –to save lives.
Since its inception, the speaker series has hosted sessions at least once per month, covering various topics from refugees to water, from schools to leadership, and from housing to food systems. Opening sessions featured on the ground stories from Huangshi in China’s south-eastern Hubei province and Milan, Italy –related to response to the rapid spread of the Covid-19 virus.
Currently, the series aims at broadening its approach beyond the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic and onto providing spaces of knowledge exchange around the most relevant and pressing challenges our cities are facing today.
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Leveraging Payment Data: Public-Private Collaboration to Build a More Resilient Urban Future
September 14, 9 AM EDT, 9 PM SGT. Register here.
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Speaker Series 2023 #7 | Urban Mobility: Innovating Through Payments
Urban mobility is the backbone of a city, as it enables people to access vital spaces for work, education and leisure....
Speaker Series 2023 #6 | Ocean and Circularity
Plastic pollution is one of the most pressing concerns we face today, having a devastating impact on marine life and...
Speaker Series 2023 #5 | Post-Disaster Resilience and Recovery
Cities are facing more and more severe weather events in recent years exacerbating the urgent need to better prepare...
Speaker Series 2023 #4 | Conserving Water with Equity
About this session France experienced a historic drought during summer 2022 which triggered water restrictions and a...
Speaker Series 2023 #3 | Energy Resilience across the Resilient Cities Network
About this session Cities are leading the transition to clean energy, but improving access, affordability, and overall...
Speaker Series 2023 #2 | Building Water Resilience
About this session Increasing population and rapid urbanization have made cities around the world vulnerable to water...
Speaker Series 2023 #1 Resilience for Communities (R4C): Measuring Vulnerability and Building Equitable Resilience
About this session Extreme weather events are among the most dangerous shocks that plague cities and are becoming...
Speaker Series #14 Urban Eats: Cities Tackling Food Resilience
About this session The economic recession and supply chain-disruption caused by Covid-19 pandemic, as well as the...
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