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on Mon Dec 16 2024
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Name Affiliation Title Toru Yoshida Planning Department Planning Officer
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Date: November 14, 2024
Organized by: Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment, Thailand
Venue Name(Pavilion Name):Thailand Pavilion
speaker
Name Affiliation Title Pornprom Vikit Slate Bangkok Metropolitan Administration Andrea Ramirez United Nations University Naomi Hoogelforst UN-Habitat Toru Yoshida Sustainability Promotion Office, Planning Department, JICA
Background and Objectives
Discussion on how cities can adopt nature-friendly strategies to increase urban resilience and adaptive capacity, at the request of the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment of Thailand, who spoke at the JICA-sponsored seminar.
Contents
Key topics discussed included green infrastructure in cities, biodiversity restoration, and the use of nature-based solutions to address challenges such as flood management and air quality improvement. The role of financial tools to support climate resilience projects and help cities recover from climate-related disasters was also highlighted, with JICA sharing the concept of co-benefit-based approaches and proactive disaster reduction investments, and emphasizing the urgent need to adapt to the growing vulnerable population in the face of global urbanization. The participants also emphasized the urgent need to adapt to the increasing number of vulnerable groups in the face of global urbanization.
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