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Malmo, Sweden, is prioritizing the greening of its urban spaces
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Green signals 'go' for Malmö’s urban regeneration

The coastal Swedish city of Malmö is transforming many parts of its city from an environmental, social, and economic perspective to strengthen its climate resilience. The municipality is keen to share its experience to inspire other local governments
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Making Cities Resilient 2030 (MCR2030)
City of Malmö
Urban garden planting in Mexico City
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Mexico City focuses on solutions and scale

Mexico City has built a comprehensive risk governance system enabling it to scale up climate resilience action across the metropolitan area
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Making Cities Resilient 2030 (MCR2030)
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Federal District of Mexico City
Making Cities Resilient 2030 ceremony Mongolia
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Mongolia moves as one on local resilience

Mongolia’s capital city Ulaanbaatar and all its 21 Provinces have joined the world’s leading global collaboration to strengthen urban resilience.
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Making Cities Resilient 2030 (MCR2030)
National Emergency Management Agency - Mongolia
Smithills Estate leaky dam Greater Manchester
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Our water, our future

Greater Manchester has a population of almost 3 million residents and has an ambition to be carbon neutral by 2038. This forms part of a wider strategic approach to becoming a greener, fairer, and more prosperous city region
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Making Cities Resilient 2030 (MCR2030)
Association of Greater Manchester Authorities
Songdo Smart City
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Disaster planning key to ‘wonderful future’

Ms. Lalaine Marcos, representative of the Mayor’s Office of Ormoc City, Philippines, urged cities to grasp the opportunity of a more sustainable future through risk-informed decisions on how they plan their social, economic, and environmental development
United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction - Office in Incheon for Northeast Asia and Global Education and Training Institute for Disaster Risk Reduction
Making Cities Resilient 2030 (MCR2030)
Incheon Metropolitan City
City Government of Makati
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Urban Resilience Training in the Philippines Highlights City-to-city Cooperation

UNDRR conducted a two-day training on “Urban Resilience and Making Cities Resilient 2030” in cooperation with the Office of Civil Defense in the Philippines from 19 October 2022.
United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction - Regional Office for Asia and Pacific
United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction - Office in Incheon for Northeast Asia and Global Education and Training Institute for Disaster Risk Reduction
Andreas Wolters Deputy Mayor of Cologne
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Climate change is 'very, very expensive'

‘We learnt that climate change is very, very expensive’. This was the candid reflection of the Deputy Mayor of Cologne, Germany, Mr Andreas Wolters as he recalled the havoc of severe flooding in his city 16 months ago.
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United Cities and Local Governments (UCLG)
Making Cities Resilient 2030 (MCR2030)
Geofrey Ochiengs
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Local leaders share Sendai recommendations

LOCAL governments have shared a series of policy recommendations to support the scaling up of action to prevent and reduce disaster risk.
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United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction
Making Cities Resilient 2030 (MCR2030)
MCR2030 Resilience Hub certificate presentation
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Cities on frontline of risk recognized for resilience leadership

TWO city champions of disaster resilience were recognized for their commitment to inspire other municipalities to scale up risk reduction. Making Cities Resilient 2030 (MCR2030) acknowledged Wroclaw, Poland, and Makati, Philippines, as Resilience Hubs
United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction
United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction - Office in Incheon for Northeast Asia and Global Education and Training Institute for Disaster Risk Reduction
Making Cities Resilient 2030 (MCR2030)
City Government of Makati
Incheon Mayor Yoo Disaster Resilience Forum.
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‘No boundaries between cities’ on road to resilience

‘THERE should be no boundaries between the cities of the world as we work together amid the crises that humanity faces.’ This was the rallying call of Mayor of Incheon Mr Yoo Jeong-bok as he opened today’s International Disaster Resilience Leaders Forum.
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United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction - Office in Incheon for Northeast Asia and Global Education and Training Institute for Disaster Risk Reduction
Making Cities Resilient 2030 (MCR2030)
Incheon Metropolitan City

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