Outcomes of the CAS 2021 Anchoring Event – Resilient Cities

Anchoring Event outcomes

At the Climate Adaptation Summit, Mayor Aboutaleb of Rotterdam announced the 1000 Cities Adapt Now programme on behalf of global cities and a new coalition of partners. This programme will be helping 1000 cities adapt to climate change over the next ten years.

The programme is a joint effort of the Global Center on Adaptation, the World Resources Institute, Resilient Cities Network, and UN-Habitat. Implementation has already started in Accra (Ghana), and will be upscaled to 100 cities in 2021‐2023, up to 300 by 2025 and finally to 1000 by 2030.

Race to Resilience

The High-Level Climate Champions Race to Resilience was launched at CAS 2021. Race to Resilience aims to catalyse action by non‐state actors that builds the resilience of 4 billion people from vulnerable groups and communities to climate risks by 2030.

Through a partnership of initiatives, the campaign will focus on helping frontline communities to build resilience and adapt to impacts of climate change, such as extreme heat, drought, flooding and sea level rise, via three themes:

• Urban: Transform urban slums into healthy, clean and safe cities.
• Rural: Equip smallholder farmers to adapt and thrive.
• Coastal: Protect homes and businesses against climate shocks.

Speakers

Check out the list of high-level speakers in this event.

Partner organisations

C40	www.c40.org
City of Accra	https://ama.gov.gh/
City of Freetown	www.fcc.gov.sl
City of Louisville	https://www.louisvilleco.gov/
City of Miami	https://www.miamigov.com/Home
City of Miami Beach	https://www.miamibeachfl.gov/
City of Paris	https://www.paris.fr/
City of Rotterdam	https://www.rotterdam.nl/
Deltares	https://www.deltares.nl/nl/
Engineering Research and Development Center, United States Army Corps of Engineers	www.erdc.usace.army.mill
Global Centre on Adaptation	https://gca.org/home
Global Environmental Facilities (GEF)	www.thegef.org
Government of South-Africa	www.gov.za
IHE Delft Institute for Water Education	https://www.un-ihe.org/
International University of British Columbia	https://www.ubc.ca/about/
Miami-Dade County	https://www.miamidade.gov/global/home.page
Resilient Cities Network	www.resilientcitiesnetwork.org
Southbridge Group	https://www.southbgroup.com/
SPARC India and Slum Dwellers International	https://sdinet.org/
The Nature Conservancy	www.nature.org
UN-Habitat	www.unhabitat.org
World Bank	www.worldbank.org
World Resources Institute	https://www.wri.org/