Strengthening Urban Resilience with Climate Adaptation
Explore how cities are on the front line of climate change and what investments are needed to ensure urban resilience
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Cities in USAID partner countries face increasingly intense and complex shocks and stresses, with causes and impacts that cut across traditional programming areas. Further, as cities continue to grow, more investment is needed to reduce the impacts of climate shocks and stresses, but financing for urban adaptation in particular lags far behind the need. Fortunately, there are opportunities to integrate approaches and actions into USAID programming that will bolster the resilience of communities, cities and countries while also improving outcomes across a variety of sectors. This webinar will feature USAID’s new Urban Resilience Technical Guidance that aims to help staff better understand urban resilience and provides evidence-based, practical guidance on how it can be applied to Agency programming. The webinar will also discuss the urban adaptation financing gap and approaches to increase funding for urban climate adaptation and resilience.
Meet the Host
Kara E. Reeve is an Adaptation and Resilience Advisor in USAID’s Bureau for Resilience and Food Security. She is a seasoned program manager and her technical expertise spans urban planning; climate change mitigation and adaptation, including ecosystem-based adaptation; natural resources conservation; governance; economic growth, and public financial management. Ms. Reeve previously worked at the nexus of climate change, governance, and urban planning while at RTI International where she managed a portfolio of USAID- funded projects valued at over $44 million. She also held roles at National Wildlife Federation, ICLEI-Local Governments for Sustainability, and the District of Columbia Office of Planning.
