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Join the World Resources Institute for
TRANSFORMING CITIES FOR PEOPLE AND PLANET: LAUNCH OF URBANSHIFT
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Tuesday, September 21, 2021
8:00 – 9:30am EDT
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UrbanShift
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is a GEF-funded program that supports more than 20 cities in Asia, Africa and Latin America to adopt integrated approaches to urban development. At our virtual launch during Climate Week NYC
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next week, we’ll talk about some of the critical challenges facing cities today, from the climate crisis to hazardous levels of air and water pollution to loss of urban biodiversity. We’ll then dive into the cross-cutting solutions needed to tackle these challenges, shaping cities that are living and livable for all.
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Reserve your spot at this exciting global event today! Speakers include high-level experts representing our partner organizations:
Carlos Manuel Rodríguez, CEO, Global Environment Facility
Inger Andersen, Executive Director, UN Environment Programme
Ani Dasgupta, President and CEO, World Resources Institute
Mark Watts, Executive Director, C40 Cities
Gino Van Begin, Secretary General, ICLEI – Local Governments for Sustainability
Neeta Pokhrel, Chief, Water Sector Group, Asian Development Bank
Pradeep Kurukulasuriya, Director & Executive Coordinator, Nature, Climate & Energy, UNDP
Maitreyi Das, Manager, Urban, DRM, Resilience & Land Global Practice, World Bank
We’ll also hear from a diverse panel of leaders, including the mayors of two UrbanShift cities:
Yvonne Denise Aki-Sawyerr, OBE, Mayor of Freetown, Sierra Leone
Walter Vuoto, Mayor of Ushuaia, Argentina
Hitesh Vaidya, Director, National Institute of Urban Affairs, India
Claire O'Neill, Managing Director, Climate & Energy, World Business Council for Sustainable Development
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We look forward to seeing you on Tuesday, September 21, 8:00am EDT! The event will be livestreamed in the following languages: English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, Indonesian Bahasa and Mandarin Chinese.
For details, visit our event page and follow UrbanShift on Twitter
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