Round table: Proposals to Strengthen Resilience and Sustainable Urban Development in the face of Climate Change in Latin America
November 8, 2021 – 16:00 CET
Online
The event seeks to evaluate how the cities of Latin America (in Peru, Venezuela and the Caribbean, Brazil, Mexico and Argentina) face the challenge of adapting to climate change and what changes and policy options they can implement to strengthen their role to meet this global phenomenon. The speakers (experts from the countries mentioned above) will quickly present the successes and failures of Latin American cities. They will answer the questions: What changes must be generated to prepare Latin American cities for climate change? How to accelerate things so that Latin American cities can fully adapt and be resilient in facing climate change?
Speakers
- Erick Reyes, President of the Society of Urban Planners of Peru
- Poul Knudsen, President of IULAC, Urban Planning Institute of Latin America and the Caribbean
- Emilio Merino, Counselor of the Brazilian Council of Architecture and Urbanism
- Carlos Gil-Garcia, Estado de Hidalgo, Mexico
- Carlos LUCCA, Institute for Research and Training in Public Administration. National University of Córdoba, Argentina
- Vladimir Arana, International Secretariat for Water
For registration: www.iulac.org/08nov