The need of cities worldwide to adapt to Nature-based Solutions aim to conserve or restore nature, supporting gray infrastructure to reduce disaster risk, improve community and environmental wellbeing. Harmonizing green and grey infrastructure allows for an alternate pathway towards sustainability, which grey infrastructure systems cannot achieve on its own.

The aim of this session is to look at different risks to which cities and their critical infrastructures are exposed to, and guide exchange along different measures e.g. nature based solutions for reducing public and private infrastructures’ vulnerability. By showcasing the different scales and approaches to nature-based solutions for sustainable infrastructure, the session will provide a forum for increased agenda coordination for sustainable development as well as resource efficiency in the implementation of development & cooperation measures.

In its role as a facilitator, mediator and moderator of this dialogue, the Global Initiative on Disaster Risk Management (GIDRM) in collaboration with Connective Cities (CC) will mobilise central actors that are essential stakeholders in the planning processes for sustainable infrastructure in cities to an initial exchange series on implementing Nature-based solutions for urban resilience and Risk-informed urban development.

This session will take place on the 3 June 2022, from 10:00 – 11:30 (CEST) and will be held in English. You can register to attend the session here.

If you are curious to dive deeper into the thematic

The first session on “Institutional barriers to cross-sectoral collaboration” will took place on the 19^th of May 2022,. The presenations of this session you can watch here.

The third session on "Green infrastructure: guidance and recommendations for bridging the implementation gap in cities" will subsequently take place on the 08^th of June 2022, from 14:00 - 16:00 (CEST). You can already register for this session here on our platform.

We would also like to invite all interested urban practitioners from around the world to sign up (for free) to our Connective Cities Community  for further access to our various content and activities beyond this series.