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Second National-Local Dialogue for Costa Rica

The dialogue brings together local and international experts to tackle urban flooding through knowledge exchange, hands-on workshops, and policy discussions.

18 Mar 2025
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How African cities can develop to become green, resilient, and inclusive

During the Green & Resilient UrbanShift Africa Forum, leaders from across the continent united to learn and share insights on accelerating transformative urban planning approaches—and the finance needed to implement them.

03 Mar 2025
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UrbanShift Looks Back: Reflecting on the Impact of our Capacity-Building Offer

WRI’s Mariana Orloff and John-Rob Pool share highlights and learnings from our broad capacity-building efforts, from the City Academy to Peer-to-Peer Exchanges.

25 Feb 2025
nairobi, kenya
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GREEN & RESILIENT URBANSHIFT AFRICA FORUM 2025

UrbanShift's forum for Africa will gather leaders from cities and national governments from across the continent to collectively discuss the role of urban planning amidst rapid urbanisation and climate breakdown.

17 Feb 2025
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Building Capacity to Assess Urban Climate Hazards and Tackle Heat and Flooding in Cities: A Three-Part Capacity Building Training Webinar Series

This three-part webinar series offered a comprehensive training on how nature-based solutions and tools like the Climate Hazard Vulnerability Assessment framework can help cities build resilience to risks like extreme heat and flooding.

05 Feb 2025
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UrbanShift at World Urban Forum: Scaling-up Financing for an Urban Shift towards Nature-Positive and Climate-Resilient Cities

Drawing from the experience of UrbanShift cities, this dynamic discussion focused on scaling up finance to strengthen SDG action in cities.

06 Nov 2024
UrbanShift Costa Rica National Dialogue
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How Costa Rica is Pioneering a Green Future Through Sustainable Development

The first National Dialogue for Costa Rica addressed challenges from waste management to urban flooding as part of the UrbanShift program.

28 Oct 2024
rwanda national dialogue
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Flood Resilience and Biodiversity in Focus: Rwanda’s Vision for Sustainable and Resilient Cities

The first Dialogue in Rwanda brought together national and local governments, development partners, and experts to develop strategies for flood resilience and biodiversity in Rwandan cities, aligning local priorities with national urban policies.

21 Oct 2024
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Building Resilience from the Community Up: Lessons from Rotterdam's People-Centered Climate Action Strategies

Over a week in Rotterdam, representatives from Latin American cities dove into the city's thoughtful approach to human-centered climate resilience in an UrbanShift-led Peer-to-Peer Exchange.

16 Oct 2024
Bridge in Wuhan, China
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Second National Dialogue for China

The second China National-Local Dialogue (NLD) aims to deepen the conversation on low-emission and urban resilience and biodiversity, and assess progress made since the first Dialogue.

16 Oct 2024

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