SECO Economic Cooperation and Development is thrilled to support to the Liveable Cities Academy: Integrated Urban Flood Risk Management, currently underway in Cape Town. A big thank you to our partners at the City Resilience Program and #CICLIA for bringing this together. https://lnkd.in/dzNKAgaJ
Today is the first day of the Livable Cities Academy: Integrated Urban Flood Risk Management, a week-long workshop co-hosted by the City Resilience Program, whose aim is to equip African cities with the knowledge and skills to reduce flood risk. Delegates from 18 cities across the continent are 🌊 learning about the key determinants of flood risk 🗺️ practicing creating maps showing risk exposure, and 📊 witnessing how flood risk data can lead to improved decision-making. Tomorrow, participants will delve further into the options for mitigating and adapting to urban flood risk, and they will tackle the man-made phenomena that turn floods into disasters, answering questions such as: ♻️ How can you stop #solidwaste from blocking drains? 🏝️ How can effective coastal flood control be implemented? 🌱What are the opportunities for #naturebasedsolutions? Thanks to all of the speakers and co-organisers: Agence Française de Développement in Southern Africa (Audrey Rojkoff, Samuel LEFEVRE, Audrey Guiral-Naepels), the City Climate Finance Gap Fund, #CICLIA, the The World Bank (Ana Campos Garcia, Mathijs Van Ledden, Sheenagh Bruce), Richard Nell and Mayor Geordin Hill-Lewis from the City of Cape Town, and Jonathan Reghev from the Centre for Climate Adaptation, Technology, and Environment at Københavns Kommune. And to the city delegates who are putting themselves through this experience – we hope it's a rewarding one – welcome! SECO Economic Cooperation and Development Bundesministerium für Finanzen
