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Beyond avoided losses: capitalizing on the secondary benefits of investments in urban flood protection

Cities are increasingly considering investments in urban flood protection. However, when evaluating infrastructure investments, they often consider only the direct benefits derived from avoided losses with the costs of infrastructure works, neglecting the many secondary benefits that these investments can bring.

Can tho urban developmentCity resilience programWorld bankSecondary benefitsGlobal facilityDisaster reductionLiberia urban resilience project

Beating the heat in South African cities: Lessons from a citizen science assessment

Johannesburg and Ekurhuleni are part of Gauteng Province, an economic powerhouse region that produces some 35% of South Africa’s GDP. Temperatures across most of the city are 3-4°C higher than in nearby countryside, but in the hottest neighborhoods - primarily townships that have dense buildings, little vegetation and where the majority of residents are black - the temperature differential reaches 6°C.

South africaNelson mandelaSwiss secretariat for economic affairsCity resilience programNational treasury cities support programmeNational treasuryCities support programmeSwiss secretariatEconomic affairsGauteng province

Investing in cities today is the key for a resilient future

By 2050, cities will be home to an additional 2.5 billion people, with two out of every three people living in urban areas. The mounting impacts of climate change, combined with the COVID-19 pandemic and its aftermath, and conflict and fleeing populations, hit cities the hardest.

City finance gap fundCity resilience programWorld urban forumWorld bankBetter urban futureCity resilienceInternally displaced people

Turning Flood Risk into Economic Opportunity in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania

Turning Flood Risk into Economic Opportunity in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
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Dar es salaamCity resilience programWorld bankOffice for regionalLower msimbazi basinCentral businessMsimbazi opportunity planGlobal facilityDisaster reductionCity scanMsimbazi basinLower msimbaziCity resilience

It s now or never: Let s act on the climate code red

It s now or never: Let s act on the climate code red
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