- Five year, US$40m project aimed at building climate change resilience in small to medium sized Asian cities.
- Focus on cities facing climate change risk, rapid urbanisation and poverty.
- Thought leadership on urban resilience and program design and implementation.
The Rockefeller Foundation recently embarked on a major climate change initiative that concentrates on building resilience of cities to a changing, challenging natural environment. Arup is the Rockefeller Foundation’s key management and technical assistance partner on one component of this initiative, which focuses on Asian cities.
The Asian Cities Climate Change Resilience Network (ACCCRN) aims to catalyse attention, funding, and action on building climate change resilience for poor and vulnerable people. This is achieved by creating robust models and methodologies for assessing and addressing risk through active engagement and analysis of various cities.
Through the actions of the ACCCRN, it is anticipated that by 2012, a network of cities in Asia will have developed robust plans to prepare, withstand and recover from the predicted impact of climate change.
The project's scope includes identifying partner cities, partnering with key stakeholders to understand city-level vulnerability and working with local partners to implement interventions.
Arup will be focusing on identifying cities in Thailand and Vietnam, supporting overall programme management and providing technical assistance to cities and local partners. Throughout, Arup will provide thought leadership in the application of urban resilience principles and systems in the field of climate change adaptation.
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