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