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As the global population becomes increasingly urban, the need for climate-resilient infrastructure for cities becomes ever more pressing. Nearly $58 trillion in climate-resilient infrastructure investments are urgently needed to accommodate urban growth in the next two decades. Improving current financial structures—and creating new ones— to fund these investments and meet urban sustainable development goals (SDGs) is the pressing issue for the Global Commission for Urban SDG Finance, a partnership between the Penn Institute for Urban Institute and the United Nations Sustainable Development Solutions Network (UN-SDSN).
In this talk, hear from urban leaders around the world as they discuss a wide range of projects working to leverage international, national, and subnational financial structures to make more climate-resilient cities for the future. Our experts include Nathaniel Echeverria, Lead, Resilience Finance and Engagement at the Resilient Cities Network; Jaime Pumarejo, Executive Director of Breath Cities and former mayor of Barranquilla, Colombia; Mauricio Rodas, Visiting Fellow at Penn Institute for Urban Research and former mayor of Quito, Ecuador; and Gulnara Roll, Head of Cities Unit at United Nations Environment Programme. The conversation will be moderated by Eugenie Birch, Co-Director of the Penn Institute for Urban Institute.
This event is part of Climate Week at Penn.
