Welcome to the Daring Cities podcast, where we talk to urban leaders around the world who are taking radical climate action to prepare for, adapt to and tackle the climate emergency. In this episode, we visit Malmö, Sweden. This Scandinavian city has plans to form Europe’s first cross-border carbon-neutral zone with its neighbor, Copenhagen. At… Read More
In order to access the video, you must create an account on Daringcities.org or log-in. @BonnGlobal Host: Bonn Network International Civil Protection and Disaster Risk Reduction The Bonn Network International Civil Protection and Disaster Risk Reduction brings together a great diversity of actors in the field of international disaster prevention and risk management in Bonn… Read More
<span data-mce-type=”bookmark” style=”display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;” class=”mce_SELRES_start”></span> To make progress on climate action we need to collaborate on a global scale – and your community has an important role to play. On 10 October 2020, Countdown launched globally with a virtual event, reaching over 15 million viewers. Countdown is a global initiative… Read More
<span data-mce-type=”bookmark” style=”display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;” class=”mce_SELRES_start”></span> Achieving climate neutrality is one of the most ambitious goals that a government can undertake, yet it is one of the most critically needed to help the world stay below the 1.5 degree Celsius threshold. Those Daring Cities pursuing a target of climate neutrality… Read More
<span data-mce-type=”bookmark” style=”display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;” class=”mce_SELRES_start”></span> The climate emergency is happening right now, in our cities, towns and regions around the world. Our global leaders are struggling to address this urgent crisis. But the daring actions of local leaders are spreading around the globe. As part of Countdown, a global… Read More
<span data-mce-type=”bookmark” style=”display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;” class=”mce_SELRES_start”></span> The session opens with a special address showcasing the unparalleled vision of the Government of Dominica to become the world’s first Climate Resilient nation. Mami Mizutori, Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General for Disaster Risk Reduction and Head of the United Nations Office for… Read More
With the global Coronavirus pandemic, every sector of society across the globe has been impacted. The work to address climate change is being reprioritized, interrupted or delayed. Local and regional governments have had to redeploy sustainability resources to ensure immediate safeguarding of their residents and employees. In his Policy Brief “COVID-19 in Urban World”,… Read More
In order to access the video, you must create an account on Daringcities.org or log-in. The high altitude pastureland and forest ecosystems provide a wide array of ecosystem services (provisional, regulating, cultural, supporting). These ecosystem services are critical for sustainable urban development in cities downstream. The high altitude pasturelands are a source of freshwater, maintain… Read More
Ashok Sridharan, Mayor of Bonn and President of ICLEI welcomes participants to Daring Cities 2020 and highlights the need and intention for such a virtual forum. Special addresses from António Guterres, the United Nations Secretary-General, along with H.E. Svenja Schulze, Federal Minister for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety (BMU) and Norbert Barthle, Parliamentary… Read More
In order to access the video, you must create an account on Daringcities.org or log-in. @BonnGlobal host: Right Livelihood College Bonn Australian agronomist, Tony Rinaudo, who received the “Alternative Nobel Prize” – the Right Livelihood Award – in 2018, is known as the ‘forest maker’. He developed the farmer-managed natural regeneration (FMNR) method which has… Read More