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Urban Climate ResilienceVietnams Contribution to Global Solutions

MARCUS MOENCHPresident, ISET

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The Climate and Urbanization Challenge

Over 50% of the worlds

population is now urban

Growth of urban areas isparticularly rapid in Asia

Urban areas are of fundamentalimportance in an increasinglyglobalized world economy

Urban vulnerability to climate

change & disaster is potentiallyvery high

Climate will continue changingover centuries even if emissionsstabilize

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Vietnam is Particularly Vulnerable

Most population and food production

is within a few meters of sea level;

Storms, floods and droughts are

recurrent problems

Rural-Urban migration is high and

many migrants are poor and lack

access to social safety nets

Many responses to climate changeemerge spontaneously through

individual initiative as well as

government action.

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Another Challenge

Historical attention to urban climatevulnerability is low

Greatest attention and analysis is

focused on rural areas,

Increasing attention to urban areas is,

however, evident

Vietnam is a leader with the ACCCRN

program

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Recognition Growing

ISDR & Other Disaster Agencies are

increasingly focused on urban risk

Growing global research networks are

focusing on urban resilience

COP-17: Urban Adaptation will be

a major focus

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Urban Areas Present Different Challenges

Dependence on fragile systems

Large marginalized populations& high population density

Weak institutions

High levels of exposure to climate

change and other risks

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Fragile SystemsHigher level systems all depend on these foundations:

Energy: Many other systems wont

work without assured power Ecosystems: water, flood control,

temperature Transport: Delivery of goods,

people, food, services Communications: Early warning

systems, markets, city-centers

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Marginalized PopulationsThe nature of populations critically different from rural

Economically weak groups

Recent migrants who often lack

formal access to social safety nets

Women, children, the elderly

Ethnic minorities

Urban governments often

marginalized (in relation tonational)

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Small cities often lack strong

governance Poor systems for planning

Weak social protection

Tenure often uncertain

Codes can be restrictive and difficult

to enforce Individual initiatives are poorly

tapped and often disempowered by

institutions

Weak InstitutionsInstitutions that constrain rather than enable adaptation

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Coastal cities storms,

sea level rise

Cities in flood plains

Cities in drought prone areas

Systems that are affected by

climate: such as regional water

systems, globalized food systems,energy systems

Climate ExposureCities face unique forms of exposure

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Examples From Other Cities

Can Tho, Viet NamTidal flood

Quy Nhon, Viet Nam2009 Flood

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ACCCRN in VietnamA Unique Contribution

Resilience strategies are a modelfor implementing national policy

Climate coordination offices arecritical as a basis for cross-sector,long-term planning and action

Integration of urban DRR andClimate Resilience

Demonstration of effective urban

climate planning throughdecentralized mechanisms

Strong conceptually andpractically

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The Way Forward

Strengthening institutions (buildingthe climate offices & resilienceplanning process)

Addressing system fragility (stormresilient housing, denguemonitoring, water supply, etc...)

Helping marginalized populations(women-headed households,

fishermen) Understanding exposure (new

climate information)

Understanding of responseoptions and the ability to actsupported by systemic learning

and information sharing.

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