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Episode 8: Thriving – Making Cities Green, Resilient, and Inclusive in a Changing Climate

Dec 2022

About This Episode

In this episode, Francis Ghesquiere, Practice Manager at the World Bank and Head of the Secretariat for the GFDRR hosts the World Bank’s urban economists Megha Mukim and Mark Roberts. The guest speakers discuss key findings from their recently published report, Thriving – Making cities green, resilient and inclusive in a changing climate, analysing the impacts of climate change on more than 10,000 cities worldwide. The report serves as a compass for cities on how they can thrive in a world which is facing a very fast changing climate.

Download the report here.

The Speakers

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Francis Ghesquiere

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Megha Mukim

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Mark Roberts

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