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Plenary Session 2
Resilient Cities:
A Positive Adaptation,
a Competitive Advantage
Agenda
• Welcome!
• Introduction of Moderator and Panelists
• Setting The Stage
• Keynote Speaker
• Panel Presentations
• Dialogue with the Panelists
• Closing Comments
Agenda
• Welcome!
• Introduction of Moderator and Panelists
• Setting The Stage
• Keynote Speaker
• Panel Presentations
• Dialogue with the Panelists
• Closing Comments
• Co-Chair UN DRR ARISE - Private Sector Alliance for Disaster
Resilient Societies
• President, The Village of Deer Park (Illinois, USA)
• Over 30 years experience in engineering industry
Moderator: Dale Sands
• Allan Lavell, Founder of the Network of Social Studies in Disaster Prevention in
Latin America, Academic Researcher at FLACSO, 2015 Sasakawa Award
winner (England)
• Gabriel Obregon, Director Human Resources UPS, Director UPS Foundation
(Mexico)
• Benjamin Laniado, General Director CADENA (Mexico)
• T. Luke Young, Director Resilience & Climate Action Planning, AECOM
(Colombia)
• Gilberto Alcaráz, Director, COMEX por un México Bien Hecho (Mexico)
The Panelists:
Agenda
• Welcome!
• Introduction of Moderator and Panelists
• Setting The Stage
• Keynote Speaker
• Panel Presentations
• Dialogue with the Panelists
• Closing Comments
Setting the Stage:
• The Issue: A Changing Climate Is Creating Acute & Chronic Threats that take
lives, destroy assets, challenge society. All elements of society affected: public,
private (small to large business, NGO’s, Academia, Etc.)
• The Consequences: Action Required to Implement Adaptation Efforts Today!
• The Challenges: Financial, Technical, Political but can be solved…Mitigation
will take time to implement.
• Local Actions Have Begun:
• 4,270+ Cities Engaged in UN Program: “Making My City Resilient
Campaign”
• 100 Cities Have Developed Resilience Plans through 100RC Program
NatCatSERVICE
Setting the Stage: Number of Disaster eventsRelevant natural loss events worldwide 1980 – 2018
Number
of
Events
800
700
600
500
400
300
200
100
0
1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018
●Geophysical eventsEarthquake, tsunami, volcanicactivity
●Meteorological eventsTropical cyclone, extratropical storm,
convective storm, local storm
●Hydrological events Flood,
mass movement
●Climatological eventsExtreme temperature, drought,
forest fire
Accounted events have caused at least one fatality and/or produced normalised losses ≥ US$ 100k, 300k, 1m, or 3m(depending on the assigned World Bank income group of the affected country.
• Adaptation Implementation is
Increasing
• Climate Change Outpaces Adaptation
Planning
• Adaptation Entails Iterative Risk
Management
• Benefits of Pro-active Adaptation
Exceed Costs
• New Approaches Can Further Reduce
Risk
Setting the Stage:
Agenda
• Welcome!
• Introduction of Moderator and Panelists
• Setting The Stage
• Keynote Speaker: Allan Lavell
• Panel Presentations
• Dialogue with the Panelists
• Closing Comments
Agenda
• Welcome!
• Introduction of Moderator and Panelists
• Setting The Stage
• Keynote Speaker: Allan Lavell
• Panel Presentations- Gabriel Obregon, Director Human Resources UPS, Director UPS Foundation –
(Mexico)
- Benjamin Laniado, General Director CADENA (Mexico)
- T. Luke Young, Director Resilience & Climate Action Planning, AECOM (Colombia)
- Gilberto Alcaráz, Director, COMEX por un México Bien Hecho (Mexico)
• Dialogue with the Panelists
• Closing Comments
Agenda
• Welcome!
• Introduction of Moderator and Panelists
• Setting The Stage
• Keynote Speaker: Allan Lavell
• Panel Presentations
• Dialogue with the Panelists
• Closing Comments
Agenda
• Welcome!
• Introduction of Moderator and Panelists
• Setting The Stage
• Keynote Speaker: Allan Lavell
• Panel Presentations
• Dialogue with the Panelists
• Closing Comments: Dale Sands
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