November 13, 09:30 - 11:00
Panel discussionUrban Water Resilience

Water for Climate Pavilion

Multi-level Governance for Urban Water Resilience

In view of the upcoming revision of the NDCs, the session will focus on identifying persisting challenges, but also key entry points and opportunities for multi-level governance and for leveraging, mainstreaming and upscaling the urban water content into national climate planning and policies to support the implementation of local urban water resilience solutions.

TIME & PLACE

November 13, 09:30 - 11:00 | Water for Climate Pavilion

LIVE STREAM

https://youtube.com/live/JNkr_QtAGbQ

ORGANISERSUNFCCC Climate Champions, University of Southern Denmark, Deltares, Arup, UN-Habitat/GWOPA, ICLEI

Join us in this morning session for

  • Building partnerships for collective action ensuring  urban water management at different levels (from supranational, national to local) and different sectors (food, infrastructure, etc.) 
  • Exchange knowledge to support advancing local solutions, through multi-level cooperation and financial support
  • In view of the revision of the NDCs, identifying how NDCs can effectively leverage, mainstream and upscale urban water content into national climate planning and policies to support local urban water resilience solutions

 

Agenda

Welcome and opening remarks

 

Recap of COP28 multi-level roundtable on urban water resilience

 

Setting the scene 

 

Wake up call – we need to act now!

 

Multi-level and cross-sectoral roundtable discussion: Advancing local urban water resilience through multi-level cooperation from the local to the national and regional levels, and across sectors

 

Call to action

 

Closing remarks – Emrah Egindeniz, Programme Management Officer, UN-Habitat/GWOPA

Organisers

UNFCCC Climate Champions

University of Southern Denmark

Deltares

Arup

UN-Habitat/GWOPA

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ICLEI

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