The Resilient Cities Leaders Forum (RCLF) contributes to the debate on how cities think about global risks, mitigate them and strengthen resilience. Cities and their partners will pitch concrete cases and focus on specific city challenges and opportunities. Cases like Poznan’s sustainable investments and finance for the River Warta Development, Cartagena’s Mobility by Water programme, Tirana’s smart city solutions and green infrastructure as an efficient means in tackling climate change challenges, Resilient Semarang, and Kajjansi’s Junction Sustainable Learning and Circular Living Lab will be presented and discussed. Global city network organisations like C40 and Global Center of Excellence will present their ideas, followed by round table sessions with participating cities, possible solutions providers and global experts, elaborating on the presented cases. RCLF 2017 will build on the results of RCLF 2015 and other city leader forums like Adaptation Future 2016, IWA Brisbane 2016, SIWW/WCS Singapore 2016 and Embrace the water in Götenborg 2017. Outcomes will fuel cities’ local long term approaches and global discussions during future forums. 

This morning session is open for delegates. The programme may be subject to change.