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Urban Resilience: Building capacity for operationalization Part of ‘Live Like Tomorrow’ at C40 World Mayors Summit, Copenhagen 2019.  Format: Debate The event is an opportunity to reflect and discuss on the urban resilience challenges and the need to build capacities for its operationalization. The presentations and debate will draw on the outcomes of BLOXHUB Summer School on Urban Resilience (12-19 September) during which 30 practitioners, policymakers and researchers from 20 countries in collaboration with 30+ international lectures, elaborated proposals responding to…

The Role of Urban Food Systems in a Changing Climate Format: Workshop (Interactive Talks) Food production is responsible for nearly 27% of greenhouse gas emission globally. Thus, it is necessary to delve into the possible roles of urban food systems as a means of decreasing the food imprint of our cities on the planet. During this event, we assess the approaches that citizens can take in order to fix our broken food systems through reshaping demand and influence bigger shifts on…

Together with Gehl Architects and Bernard van Leer Foundation, the City of Copenhagen tie Air quality data to urban experiences of children under 5. The collaboration aims to create a long-term vision for a healthy public realm with pilot projects that can be brought to life in the short-term. We know urban design influences the ways we live. This effort augments data on hyperlocal air quality measurements from the Airview collaboration between Google and the City of Copenhagen with public…

Part of ‘Live Like Tomorrow’ at C40 World Mayors Summit, Copenhagen 2019.  Liveable cities of tomorrow – building on nature-based climate adaptation Format: MasterClass – 3 key note presentations with workshop University of Copenhagen (UCPH) and NIRAS present global cases of transforming and adapting cities through Nature-based solutions for climate adaptation and resilience. The cases illustrate how we can Plan, Implement and Realize climate adaptation in line with the UN SDGs. This Masterclass includes case presentations and a workshop where…

Textiles is the new Plastics in Circularity – How Cities can Benefit from an Early Start Part of ‘Live Like Tomorrow’ at C40 World Mayors Summit, Copenhagen 2019.  Format: Presentions and Workshop Regulators in China and the EU are introducing new legislation about clothing waste and recycling. For instance, the recent EU Waste Directive requires the EU Member States to set up schemes by 2025 to ensure textiles are collected as a separate waste stream. Local municipalities will play a pertinent…