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Urban Planning Tailor-made local solutions for resilient Cities and Communities facing climate change

Said Lahbil

Moderator

date November 7, 2024 | 15:00 - 16:30
place
Multipurpose room 12
organization
French Network of Urban Planning Agencies
country
France
language
English
Reference: 
NE 12-08

Summary

Climate change presents a critical challenge to urban practices and territorial governance, especially as cities—centers of demographic and economic activity—are increasingly vulnerable to its effects. This issue is particularly pressing in rapidly urbanizing countries like Morocco, which faces significant natural and climatic risks such as floods, rising sea levels, droughts, and heatwaves. Existing urban development policies often fail to address these challenges adequately, further heightening the susceptibility of urban areas.
Globally, the latest IPCC report highlights the necessity for integrated urban planning, multi-agency collaboration, and actions across multiple scales and sectors to better adapt cities to climate change. It underscores that there is no one-size-fits-all solution, as local conditions significantly influence the feasibility and effectiveness of adaptation strategies.
Urban planning is essential for creating sustainable, resilient, and inclusive cities that can cope with the challenges of climate change, population growth, social inequality and environmental degradation. However, urban planning also faces many barriers and constraints, such as legal systems, institutional frameworks, political interests, financial resources, stakeholder participation, as well as a disconnection from regulations and policies preventing a holistic approach for a resilient city. There is now an urgent need to harness different models of urban planning and, in line with International Agenda and the Paris Agreement.
The session will showcase and discuss how different urban planning models can be thought to transform urban planning policies depending on the local context. Topics will include smart density, innovative urban forms including informal settlement, mitigation of heat island effects, efficient mobility management, solution based on natured facing flash floods and droughts, and enhancement of urban quality of life. It will also address more concretely such as the Multirisk Urban Suitability Maps in Morocco and urban planning tools.
The aim is to share experiences from urban planners across countries such as Egypt, Brazil, France, and Morocco.

Objectives

This event aims to address: How can urban planning be adapted for climate resilience to each territory and its specificities? What tools and methods to share and implement especially mobilizing the “already here”, provide decarbonized solutions” and “nature-based adaptation solutions”.
Rather than prescribing specific urban models, the event aims to gather various approaches to designing urban development concepts tailored to local contexts and foster collaboration among value chain actors across different regions is proposed to enhance adaptation and mitigation efforts in urban development.
Finally, the side event aims to ensure that resilient urban planning aligns with national and international priorities for sustainable development and climate change mitigation, to guarantee maximum coherence and effectiveness in the policies and actions undertaken.
- Discuss the key principles of climate-responsive urban policies, considering the different regional contexts
- Map and showcase existing and inspiring practices on urban planning policies, recommendations, initiatives, and their connection with local community
- Identify key barriers and challenges, including local initiatives, enforcement of urban planning legislations and solutions facing informal settlements, evaluation of social and economic impacts
- Encourage an integrated approach to urban resilience, recognizing the importance of multisectoral cooperation and coordination among various levels of governance

Session panelists

Panelist
Role
Organization
Country
Ms. Larissa Menescal
president
Brazilian network of Planing Institute ( InREDE) - InREDE - Planning Institute of Fortaleza (IPLANFOR) -
Mr. Jean-Philippe Dugoin-Clement
vice-president Ile de France region and Institut Paris Region
Ile de France region and Planing Institut Paris region
Mr. Dr Abdelkhalek Ibrahim
Assistant Minister for Tech Affairs,
Ministry of Housing, Utilities, and Urban Communities of Egypt
Ms. Badria Benjelloun
Director of Urban Planning
Ministry of National Territory and Urban Planning Housing and City Policy