Urban Climate Resilience

Building Bridges for Resilience: Bonn’s Impactful Network for Change

By |2024-01-05T12:56:22+01:00June 14th 2023|

Resilience and preparedness are vital conditions for safeguarding the future of our cities. Stefan Wagner, Head of Germany’s Office for International Affairs and Global Sustainability in Bonn, illuminates the city’s new role as an MCR2030 Global Resilience Hub.

Time to be Daring: Circular Cities Tackle the Climate Emergency

By |2024-01-04T15:15:51+01:00October 4th 2021|

In a world beset by multiple crises, mayors are multitaskers, crisis managers and frontline responders – and crises never wait in line. Katja Dörner, Mayor of Bonn and ICLEI Co-Chair for Climate Action on circular cities and Bonn’s promising path to becoming zero-waste.

After COP23, it is now up to local and national leaders to act on their promises

By |2023-12-19T15:25:19+01:00November 22nd 2017|

With COP23 now over, it is again up to nation states and local governments to act and implement their agreements. Wrapping up the reporting on the conference, Lou del Bello looks at coordinating climate action, and necessary changes in infrastructure and urban policy.

COP23 enters second week: island states stress urgency to act

By |2023-12-19T15:31:20+01:00November 14th 2017|

COP23 continues into its second week: Rising ambition for climate protection is not enough, say mayors as cities, regions and business claim their place at the UN table. Being at the frontline of climate change impacts, island states call for urgent practical actions. Lou del Bello reports from Bonn.

COP23 kicks off in Bonn: cities in the limelight

By |2023-12-19T15:32:05+01:00November 7th 2017|

On November 6, the UN Climate Change Conference (COP23) started in Bonn, Germany. Under the presidency of Fiji, for two weeks delegates from around the world are negotiating the implementation of the Paris Agreement with a focus on developing guidelines for transparency, emission reductions, provision of finance, and technology. What role do cities and regions play at COP23, and what is new compared to previous climate conferences? Lou del Bello reports from Bonn.

City Climate Action: How challenges can turn into opportunities

By |2023-12-19T15:00:49+01:00May 3rd 2017|

In these days, climate and Bonn are thought together. As a matter of fact, adaptation to climate change, building resilience and dealing with loss and damages will challenge the world just as much as the necessity of mitigating global warming to no more than two degrees Celsius or less. Bonn is a hotspot for the joint efforts to get there. Already this 8 May, the Bonn Climate Talks will bring parties, observers and stakeholders together in the city at the Rhine.

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