Urban Thinkers Campus: Megacities’ solutions for climate resilience
2021
The problems faced by megacities are generally greater and more complex. They represent a considerable challenge for states and local authorities in terms of management, governance and planning.
As part of UN-Habitat’s Urban Thinkers Campus of the World Urban Campaign, the Institut Paris Région and the Metropolitan and territorial Planning Agencies global network (MTPA) organised a working group on Megacities in partnership with the MetroHUB, ISOCARP, UN-Habitat and Metropolis. The group focused on the Asia, Africa and Americas region: Bogota, Buenos Aires, Delhi, Istanbul, Madrid and Paris. The Urban Thinkers Campus method is used to identify concrete initiatives and recommendations on these issues, which will serve as a contribution to the World Urban Campaign and help to create exchanges and a community around these challenges.
The experiences of megacities and the levers activated to meet these challenges can be a source of inspiration for other megacities. The systemic impact of climate change is increasingly affecting urban organisation, governance and social living conditions in megacities. Consequently, urban planning in megacities must integrate concomitant planning strategies aimed at achieving climate change mitigation and resilience objectives. So what tools can be applied or implemented? How can resources be found to plan for climate change resilience and mitigation? How can we ensure sustainability and resilience in the face of climate migrants and against the impoverishment of poor urban areas that are more vulnerable? How can we move from commitments to action and integrate all stakeholders?
The aim is to report on the knowledge gained from the experiences of megacities and to identify specific issues based on existing differences, such as different responses to climate change, adaptation to technological and environmental transition, resilience in complex organisational systems, and so on. There is an urgent need for national and local authorities, the private sector and civil society to plan for resilience in megacities, make commitments and take action.
For more informations about the Urban Thinkers Campus: here
Urban Thinkers Campus: Planning post-covid metropolises
2021
The Urban Thinkers Campus (UTC) offered a new webinar in March 2021, entitled ‘Rebuilding Beirut after the explosion: climate heritage planning to rebuild better’. It was organised by ICOMOS, in partnership with the FNAU-MTPA network, the Urban Laboratory of the American University of Beirut, Institut Paris Région and IFPO, as part of the UN-Habitat World Urban Campaign.
The aim of this webinar was to present creative solutions, alternatives and recommendations for rebuilding the city, bearing in mind one of the most challenging issues: climate change.
