Cities and Resilience: Climate Policy Brief

This Climate Policy Brief highlights critical issues raised in the Cities and Resilience Dialogue held in Bangkok, Thailand September 28-29, 2009. The Dialogue reviewed the progress of cities in addressing the consequences of climate change with city representatives from India, Indonesia, the Philippines, Thailand, and Vietnam; their respective national climate change negotiators; and key supporting institutions active in the region.
Already home to more than half the world’s population, cities are the frontline in efforts to address climate change. By combining local knowledge and global support to tackle climate change issues, cities are in a position to lead successful adaptation and sustain those gains through proactive ‘climate-proof’ development policy and planning.