Tuesday, July 07, 2020
8:00-9:30 AM EDT / 13:00-14:30 BST
The COVID-19 and climate crises are monumental challenges that must be addressed in tandem, through the prism of sustainable and resilient development. Governments must use all the tools in their toolbox to protect lives and livelihoods and build safer, more sustainable, and more inclusive societies that leave no one behind.
This event is co-hosted by the United Kingdom Mission to the UN and World Resources Institute and organized in conjunction with the 2020 High-Level Political Forum on Sustainable Development.
The future will always be a question mark. That doesn’t mean we can’t be prepared, explain Leonardo Martinez-Diaz and Alice Hill, co-authors of Building a Resilient Tomorrow: How to Prepare for the Coming Climate Disruption (2019).
Revisiting their text in the wake of COVID-19, the duo ask what we’ve learned about resilience from the pandemic, explore the intersection of inequality and disaster, and lay the groundwork for how political and financial institutions can be better prepared.
The Global Environmental Facility (GEF) has been at the forefront of efforts to address global environmental challenges by delivering transformational change. For the past eight years it has been led by Naoko Ishii, who is stepping down as GEF CEO and Chairperson. Join us for a conversation with Naoko Ishii and her successor, incoming GEF CEO Carlos Manuel Rodriguez, Minister of Energy and Environment, Costa Rica.
This Webinar is Co-Hosted by World Resources Institute (WRI), Global Environment Facility (GEF), Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK) and the Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA).
WRI Ross Center for Sustainable Cities has pioneered an ambitious "Triple Zero" vision for urban transportation that strives for zero emissions, zero road deaths and zero exclusion from the health, education, food and economic services that make cities livable and equitable for everyone. Urban freight is an essential, often overlooked piece to achieving this vision.
As this sector evolves amidst unprecedented disruptions from COVID-19, join us for the first webinar of our four-part series on the future of urban freight. This session introduces why cities should care about freight, how to effectively design and implement freight policies, and how businesses and cities can build effective partnerships in the sector.
