Conference "Building Cities Resilience to Disasters"

The United Nations International Strategy for Disaster Reduction (UNISDR) and the City of Venice, in collaboration with CORILA organized the event “Building Cities Resilience to Disasters: Protecting Cultural Heritage and Adapting to Climate Change” which was held in Venice, Doge’s Palace, St Mark’s Square, on  19-20  March 2012.

This event has examined the key role played by disaster risk reduction measures towards the protection of cultural heritage by exploring climate change adaptation policies and plans at local level. An important aim is  to facilitate the sharing of good practices by Cities through direct exchange.

In addition to a poster session, the event offers other cultural activities including a visit by  boat to the tide barriers construction site in the Venice lagoon (MOSE).

Below are available videos of presentations, grouped by conference sessions. Videos with higher resolution / quality are available on request. 

Opening Session - video presentations 

Giorgio Orsoni
Mayor of Venice

Margareta Wahlstroem
Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Disaster Risk Reduction, United Nations International Strategy for Disaster Reduction

Franco Gabrielli
Head, Italian Civil Protection

Antonio Navarra
Director of the Euro-Mediterranean Centre for Climate Change, Representing the Italian Minister for Environment and Protection of Land and Sea

Making Cities Resilient Campaign signing ceremony

Giovanni Boccardi
Cultural Heritage and disasters: dealing with the risks
Focal Point, Sustainable Development, Disaster Risks and Capacity-Building, UNESCO World Heritege Centre

Tony Sfeir, Martine Francis-Allouche
The experience of Byblos
(1) Senior Member of Byblos' City Council. (2) Marine Archaeologist Advisor in Marine & Coastal Archaeology, Lebanon

Pierpaolo Campostrini
The City of Venice: climate risk management at the local level and protection of Venice's cultural heritage
Director of Consortium for Coordination of Research Activities Concerning the Venice Lagoon System (CORILA)

Andro Vlahusic
Protecting cultural heritage from disasters
Mayor, City of Dubrovnik

Jaroslav Mysiak
Climate change, extreme events and coastal zones protection
Senior Researcher at FEEM

Alex Nickson, Dave Wardle
Managing risks and increasing resilience in London
(1) Strategy Manager for Climate Change Adaption and Water, Greater London Authority. (2) Project Executive, UK Environment Agency

Benoit Kandel
Nice, "Intelligent City" serving resilience
Deputy Mayor, City of Nice

Ian Clark
From national to regional level, the EC action on prevention
Directorate General for Humanitarian Aid and Civil Protection (ECHO)

Mette Lindahl Olsson
National support and cities exchanges
Head of Natural Hazards and Critical Infrastructure Section, Swedish Civil Contingencies Agency

Konstadinos Konstadakopoulos
The experience of climate change adaption in the frame of ACT Life Plus Project
Head of Environment & Sustainable Development Dpt., City of Patras

Luca Rossi, Giuseppe Guarino
Disaster Risk Reduction in Italy: National Platform and local-level implementation of the Hyogo Framework for Action
(1) International Relations Unit, Civil Protection Dept., Italy. (2) Manager Training and Projects, Gruppo Lucano

Johanna Matthys
The role of the private sector in building resilience to disasters
Managing Director, Marsh

Guillaume Riou
The label "Territorial Risks management - for a resilient territory"
Project Manager, Poles Risques

Photogallery

Documents

Venice Conference Concept Note (download pdf)

Venice Conference Draft Agenda (download pdf)