The 10th European Urban Resilience Forum will take place on 18-20 October in Cascais, Portugal. Register NOW to save your spot!
All those seeking to shape a climate-resilient future for our cities and regions are cordially invited to attend the 10th anniversary edition of the European Urban Resilience Forum (EURESFO).
Since 2013, EURESFO has been a unique exchange platform for city representatives, experts and stakeholders from local and regional institutions to discuss strategies, initiatives and actions for adapting to climate change, managing disasters and building urban resilience. The event is a European initiative driven by ICLEI Local Governments for Sustainability and the European Environment Agency (EEA), and will now be co-organised with the City of Cascais for the 2023 edition. Previous partners, such as the Resilient Cities Network and the United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction are back to support the programme development as well.
For 2023, EURESFO, with its “PowerPoint free” promise, will keep its informative, open and interactive character, but will have some special surprises in store to celebrate its 10th anniversary alongside its participants. To name a couple - participants will have the opportunity to choose between 5 studv visits at key resilience locations across Cascais. Additionally, a NEW Resilience Investment Forum organized by UNDRR and the Making Cities Resilient 2030 initiative, which will take place on the last day.
The 10th anninversary edition
The 2023 edition of EURESFO marks the 10th anniversary of the forum, a symbolic moment to take stock of the European performance in resilience and to answer key questions on the present and future of climate change adaptation in Europe.
In the environment of an accelerated transformation, where the post-pandemic recovery is challenged by an unstable conflict situation and the unprecedented scale and frequency of climate change impacts, the European Urban Resilience Forum aims to provide the space and time to discuss a shared vision to implement a European resilient transformation.
On the one hand, by looking back at the path that brought cities and regions together for the last 10 years of the Forum, participants will be able to evaluate their performance and highlight challenges, missed opportunities as well as good practices. On the other hand, building on the EURESFO experience, they will discuss key opportunities to act better and quicker in the upcoming future.
The 2023 programme will be developed along 3 main thematic streams:
- The governance of the new extremes: managing and funding climate adaptation in Europe
- Challenging knowledge and innovation: accelerating a resilient and just transformation
- Mainstreaming solutions for a just transformative pathway: an integrated approach to climate resilience