Lessons from African #slums: Any effective pandemic response needs to center on #informal communities’ knowledge & networks, says our colleague Julian Baskin👇 link.medium.com/RUFYsusgn7 w/ EU Resilient Cities 🇪🇺 World Bank Cities Slum Dwellers International The Rockefeller Foundation #CitiesOnTheFrontline #GlobalGoals

'The current crisis is actually 4 interconnected crises: #economy, #inequality, #health & #ClimateChange. We can’t return to the "old normal". A major coalition is needed to turn this #crisis into a real opportunity, Julian Baskin @#UrbanThinkers campus👇 w/UN-Habitat #By2030

#QuedarseEnCasa y lavarse las manos para mil millones de personas que viven en asentamientos informales es un desafío demasiado grande, y ninguno de nosotros puede darse el lujo de ignorarlo, 💬Julian Baskin de Cities Alliance . Slum Dwellers International United Cities

Mil millones de personas que viven en #AsentamientosInformales no pueden lavarse las manos. ¡Ninguno de nosotros puede ignorar esta situación! Revisa el documento de Julian Baskin de Cities Alliance, accediendo al siguiente enlace: cutt.ly/qoRU5yS #SomosONU

🏝️Cities Alliance launches a new #ClimateAdaptation call to support informal coastal communities in #Liberia build their resilience and better adapt to climate shocks ⛈️🌪️ 👉frontpageafricaonline.com/environment/ci… w/ support from Sida & Bundesentwicklungsministerium #ClimateAction #Act4SDGs UN SDG Action Campaign

Tomorrow: How They Do It in Ethiopia: Making Room for Cities to Grow Cities Alliance will join the panel discussion w/ Nobel Laureate Dr. Paul Romer following a screening of a short documentary on the Ethiopia Urban Expansion Programme Info & register: bit.ly/3clwlfn

🗞️Check out our itw w/ #NobelPrize Paul Romer Paul Romer on #UrbanExpansion: 'what policy should be about is to make room for those people who want to move to the city and benefit from the opportunities that #cities can offer' 👉 bit.ly/2S58rvD #Migration #GlobalGoals

Excited and privileged to be on this panel! With the right planning and methodologies we can get ahead of the curve of African urbanization