City Leaders Speak: Maintaining Vision in a World with Increasing Risks
Summary:
| Climate extremes that have been impacting cities in recent years – including floods, droughts, cyclones – collide with existing challenges of aging and inadequate urban infrastructure, preventing cities from full economic recovery. The impacts of these events have of course then been magnified in recent years by rapidly spreading Covid-19. Given the increasing vulnerabilities that cities are facing, it is critical that city leaders maintain public communication and trust in the face of unknown future scenarios and risks. This reality places increasing pressure and challenge upon city leaders. The visionary leaders of tomorrow must be equipped with the skills and expertise to be able to galvanlize and unite communities to respond to multiple ongoing risks in a resilient and equitable manner. Resilient Cities Nework website: https://resilientcitiesnetwork.org/ Resilient Cities Nework LinkedIn: @Resilient Cities Network Resilient Cities Nework Facebook/Twitter/Instagram: @RCitiesNetwork |
Speakers:
Lauren Sorkin
Francis Ghesquiere
Mike Gillooly
Hemali Boghawala
Elaine Tan