Climate Change and Cities in the South: Reducing Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Reducing Urban Risk in a Warming World
Day / Time Tuesday, June 20th / 16:30 - 18:30
Event Description
Why cities in the South must take action now; and how they grow and develop over the next 20 years has very large implications for climate change and for the climate-change related risks their populations will face. What is known about the climate-change risks cities face, now and in the future? A large and growing proportion of the population most at risk are in cities in Africa, Asia, Latin America and the Caribbean . The issue of whether adaptation to these risks and lower greenhouse gas emissions can be combined, without damaging cities' economic prospects, will be discussed, and illustrated by case studies from Saint Louis, Senegal ; Dhaka, Bangladesh ; and Mombassa, Kenya .
Session Language
English
Speakers
Saleemul Huq, David Satterthwaite (International Institute for Environment and Development, IIED
Khady Diagne, ENDA-Tiers Monde; Dhaka Victor Orindi, African Centre for Tech. Studies, Nairobi
Mozaharul Alam, Bangladesh Centre for Advanced Studies
Host Organization
Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency and International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED)
Host Organization Description
Sida is the Swedish government's official bilateral aid agency. IIED is an international non-profit policy research Institute.
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