11th Bonn Dialogues

Cities: Drivers of development - drivers of risk?

15 May 2012, 7 p.m.

Venue: Deutsche Welle, Kurt-Schumacher-Str. 3, 53113 Bonn

This event is coorganized by ICLEI.

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    Concept note & poster of the 11th Bonn Dialogues event

    The upcoming 11th Bonn Dialogues event will take place as a special event of the ICLEI 3rd Global Forum on Urban Resilience and Adaptation (12-15 May 2012, Bonn).

    The panel discussion "Cities: drivers of development - drivers of risk?" will address drivers of development and risk as well as potential disaster risk management strategies towards natural hazards in urban areas with a special focus on flooding. |Read more

  2. Panellists of the 11th Bonn Dialogues event

    We are pleased to confirm the following experts to be on the panel:

    Prof. Dr. Jakob Rhyner, Vice Rector in Europe/UNU-EHS Director, United Nations University

    Peter Lauwe, Head of Division, Federal Office of Civil Protection and Disaster Assistance (BBK)

    Joachim Prey, Deputy Director General Sectoral Department, Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH

    Dr. Cynthia E. Rosenzweig, Senior Research Scientist, NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies, New York, USA

    Alfredo Arquillano Jr., Municipality of San Francisco, Camotes Island, Cebu, Philippines