Cities, regions, and local governments are often on the frontlines of climate impacts. Decisions on land use, infrastructure, budgeting, governance, service provision, and spatial planning made today will shape emissions and resilience for decades.
More about the webinar
UNEP’s recent report Limiting Overshoot examines the implications of temporarily exceeding 1.5°C of global warming, including the risks associated with higher peak warming, a longer period above 1.5°C, adaptation limits and irreversible impacts. Urban stakeholders will face a period of climate “overshoot, peak and decline”, requiring them to manage escalating impacts while accelerating emissions reductions and building long-term resilience. As vulnerabilities, risks, and loss and damage intensify, traditional assumptions about city form and function will need to be reconsidered.
This webinar will focus on what overshoot means for cities and subnational actors, opening the conversation on how local decision-makers can prepare for increasing risks while maintaining development gains, work towards net-negative emissions, and enhance adaptation grounded in urban climate justice.
Meet the speakers
- Sharon Gil, Head, Subnational Climate Action Unit, UNEP
- Mirey Atallah, Chief of the Adaptation and Resilience Branch, UNEP
- David Dodman, General Director, IHS - Erasmus University Rotterdam
- Marta Olazabal, Ikerbasque Research Professor and Ramón y Cajal Fellow, Basque Center for Climate Research
- Minal Pathak, Associate Professor, Ahmedabad University
- Debra Roberts, Honorary Professor, University of University of KwaZulu-Natal/University of Twente
Government representatives and practitioners announced soon.
