Freetown in Focus: Engaging the Private Sector on Nature-Based Solutions
Join us as we kick off the UrbanShift webinar series with a conversation between experts from C40 Cities and Freetown, Sierra Leone, on engaging businesses to implement nature-based solutions in urban environments. We'll hear of best practices and examples of city-business collaboration on NBS and learn about the benefits, challenges and opportunities created from private sector engagement in Freetown's tree planting campaign.
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Freetown in Focus: Engaging the Private Sector on Nature-Based Solutions
Date and Time: October 27, 2021 | 9:00–10:00 Eastern Standard Time (EST) | 13:00–14:00 GMT
Bringing nature back to cities is critical for reducing emissions, cooling temperatures, preventing flooding and landslides as well as improving the health and wellbeing of urban citizens. But funding nature-based solutions (NBS) can be a tricky task for cities.
Join us as we kick off the UrbanShift webinar series with a conversation between experts from C40 Cities and Freetown, Sierra Leone, on engaging businesses to implement nature-based solutions in urban environments. We'll hear of best practices and examples of city-business collaboration on NBS and learn about the benefits, challenges and opportunities created from private sector engagement in Freetown's tree planting campaign.
Transforming Cities for People and Planet through Integrated Urban Development: Launch of UrbanShift
How can integrated planning approaches tackle complex urban challenges to ensure a resilient, livable future for all? Join us on September 21 during Climate Week NYC to discuss this pressing question.
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Transforming Cities for People and Planet through Integrated Urban Development: Launch of UrbanShift
Date: September 21, 2021
Time: San José: 6:00 | New York: 8:00 | Buenos Aires: 9:00 | Freetown: 12:00 | Rabat: 13:00 | Central Europe: 14:00 | New Delhi: 17:30 | Jakarta: 19:00 | Beijing: 20:00
Languages: English, Español, Português, Français, Bahasa Indonesia, 中文 (Mandarin)
How can integrated planning approaches tackle complex urban challenges to ensure a resilient, livable future for all?
Join us on September 21 during Climate Week NYC to discuss this pressing question. You’ll learn from experts about holistic strategies to combat urban environmental crises, such as pollution and biodiversity loss. You’ll also hear from local leaders in India, Sierra Leone, and Argentina on how cross-sectoral collaboration is spurring low-carbon growth within their cities.
Confirmed speakers include:
Inger Andersen, Executive Director, UNEP
Carlos Manuel Rodríguez, CEO, GEF
Ani Dasgupta, President & CEO, WRI
Mark Watts, Executive Director, C40 Cities
Yvonne Denise Aki-Sawyerr, OBE, Mayor of Freetown, Sierra Leone
Hitesh Vaidya, Director, National Institute of Urban Affairs
Maitreyi Das, Manager, Urban, DRM, Resilience & Land Global Practice, World Bank
Gustavo Fonseca, Director of Programmes, GEF
This event will mark the official launch of UrbanShift, a global program supporting cities around the world to adopt sustainable, integrated approaches to urban development. UrbanShift is funded by the GEF, led by UNEP, and implemented in partnership with WRI, C40 Cities, ICLEI, UNDP, the World Bank, and the Asian Development Bank.
Visit shiftcities.org for more information and follow us on Twitter @shiftcities!