ICLEI World Congress: Strategies for resilient and healthy communities

During the ICLEI World Congress 2021-2022: The Malmö Summit, UrbanShift held its first in-person global event, focused on building strategies for resilient and healthy communities. Throughout the three-day summit (May 11-13, 2022), UrbanShift cities learned from each other, sought solutions to common problems, and benefited from the experience of their Malmö counterparts.

Highlights of the event included:

• Showcase of Malmö's sustainability solutions, May 11
• Meeting between Malmö Vice Mayor, UrbanShift cities and partners, May 11
• Thematic site visit: Learning from the Sea, May 12
• Cities Leading the Way: A dedicated UrbanShift session about strengthening local capacity for resilient development, May 13
• Podcast: UrbanShift cities and partners participate in a podcast produced by ICLEI and Lund University

Speakers and attendees

• Dr. Kunal Khemnar, Additional Municipal Commissioner, Pune Municipal Corporation, India (video interview)
• Modupe Williams, Urban Planning and Mobility Lead, Mayors Delivery Unit, Freetown City Council, Sierra Leone
• Simon Chrisander, Vice Mayor, City of Malmö, Sweden
• Matilda Klefström, Political Secretary to Simon Chrisander, City of Malmö, Sweden
• Isabella de Roldan, Vice Mayor, Recife, Brazil
• Francisco Resnicoff, Chief of Staff, Buenos Aires, Argentina
• Rogier van den Berg, Acting Global Director, Ross Center for Sustainable Cities, WRI
• Sharon Gil, Programme Management Officer, Cities Unit/Economy Division, UNEP
• Aloke Barnwal, Senior Climate Change Specialist, GEF

Photographs

Click here to see photographs of UrbanShift sessions and participants at the Malmö Summit.