Interview
Lauren Sorkin: Lesson learned from ACCCRN to 100 Resilient Cities program
On day 2 of the Asian Cities Climate Change Resilience Network (ACCCRN) learning forum in Semarang, Indonesia, we caught up with Lauren Sorkin, Platform Director of the Rockefeller Foundation's 100 Resilient Cities program.
Lauren had just finished chairing a panel discussion about "What it takes to build resilience". Here Lauren shares some of the insights from the session and talks about the transferable lessons from the ACCCRN program for the global 100 Resilient Cities network.
Jo Da Silva: why climate resilience is so important for cities - ACCCRN Learning Forum 2016
Speaking just after giving her keynote address to a packed audience at the Asian Cities Resilience Network's (ACCCRN) Learning Forum 2016 on urban climate resilience, Arup International Development's Jo Da Silva speaks about why climate resilience is so important for cities, and how where she sees the concept moving forward in the coming years.
Interview with ACCCRN Champion: Dr Saleemul Huq
Dr. Saleemul Huq is Director at the International Centre for Climate Change and Development in Dhaka and Senior Fellow at the International Institute for Environment and Development in London. He has worked extensively in the inter-linkages between climate change (both mitigation and adaptation) and sustainable development, from the perspective of the developing countries.
See his full profile here.
