A seven-minute interview with Sasank Vemuri on the development in urban climate change resilience focuses on the poorest and most vulnerable.

ACCCRN Champion: Sasank Vemuri, Manila, Philippines

The new draft of the New Urban Agenda released on 18 July. What is still missing from the draft? How would the Agenda influence urban resilience, especially in Indonesia?

Nicholas Taylor from the Rockefeller Foundation interviewed with David Dodman, Human Settlements Director at the International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED). As he attended the Third Preparatory Committee (PrepCom3) in Surabaya, he shared his views on the emerging aspects of the New Urban Agenda and how they specifically relate to urban climate change resilience.


David Dodman at the Habitat 3 Preparatory Committee (PrepCom3) in Surabaya

Sarah Reed, an Independent Consultant of Resilience, Urbanization, and Development, shared her insights on inclusive resilience. Related to the New Urban Agenda, what are missing from inclusive resilience principles? 

Listen her analysis in this podcast, interviewed by Nicholas Taylor from the Rockefeller Foundation.


Sarah Reed: Inclusive resilience principles

Get to know ACCCRN urban resilience champion, Alexandra Vogl, from Asian Development Bank to hear more on differences between European and Asian cities. Find out what she sees as the enemy of urban resilience.

Alexandra Vogl: Urban resilience in Europe and Asia

We discussed the potential for new governance arrangements for effective urban climate change resilience with Jorge Carrillo Rodriguez, an independent researcher who has more than 30 years of experience in social development and poverty reduction. He conducted various researches and gave lectures in Venezuela after earning his degree from the London School of Economics. He then joined the United Nations in 1984 and worked in the Middle East and Asia. Now, after retiring from the UN in 2010, he is continuing to work as a social development and urban advisor in Bangkok.

Jorge Rodriguez: Shifting to the New Approaches in Building Climate Resilient

Cities are challenging spaces to govern and common ground between different interest groups is often elusive, which is why resilience has proven less easy to pin down. This month, we are trying to figure out how collaboration among regional actors in building resilience would benefit a city with Julie Greenwalt, Urban Environment Specialist at Cities Alliance.

Julie Greenwalt:

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