Happy Women’s Day from #Tirana, where dozens of #RedShoes have been installed near Skanderbeg Square in remembrance of the victims of gender-based violence 🇦🇱

The Balkans are exposed to numerous natural hazards, including #earthquakes #heatwaves and #floods. Great to have #NoviSad #Nis #Prishtina #Sarajevo #Tirana join CRP’s #Climate #Resilient #Cities workshop to work through #adaptation options. linkedin.com/posts/city-res…

Greatly enjoyed today's discussion w Patrick Temple-West, Laurian Farrell & Jane Gilbert on #Resilient #Cities in the #FTFutureCities forum. Shared WorldBank City Resilience Program work to mainstream resilience in planning, leverage data for policy making & scale up access to finance

Job opportunity: Senior Research Associate in Multi-hazard Risk Modelling to predict multi-hazard risks in Nepal jobs.ac.uk/job/CQR664/sen… Sajag-Nepal

The European Space Agency European Space Agency proudly announces the release of the WorldCover2021 map based on Sentinel-2 & Sentinel-1 constellations with 11 classes, 10m resolution, 77% accuracy independently validated Visit worldcover2021.esa.int ESA Earth Observation #EuropeanSpaceAgency #WorldCover2021

Thanks to PPIAF for their support to make the India City Creditworthiness Academy possible. Lots to look forward to this week!

Funded by PPIAF, a 5-day Cities Creditworthiness Academy workshop is being held by the WorldBank, Ministry of Finance's Department of Economic Affairs & Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs to create an enabling ecosystem for financing future cities of #India🇮🇳. Learn more: pib.gov.in/PressReleasePa…

Honored to have contributed: join for the launch!

Last week, the City Creditworthiness Initiative (World Bank Cities-IFC partnership) delivered the ‘Indian Cities Creditworthiness Academy’, which brought together 150 participants from 30 ULBs representing 10 states and 1 UT. MOF press release: pib.gov.in/PressReleasePa…

The future of high resolution #climate #risk #assessment looks like this frontiersin.org/articles/10.33… Geolocated buildings and synthetic household attributes to pinpoint climate risks.

#CityCreditworthiness Initiative launched a new Local Government Borrowing Database (LGBD). The database adds to the global knowledge of local government borrowing in developing countries and specifically in IBRD/IDA - World Bank recipient countries. Check it out: wrld.bg/YGEI50MMIJP

The Local Government Creditworthiness Academy in the #Philippines brought together 60 city treasurers, planning & budget officers, and city administrators from 15 cities to learn best practices in creditworthy financial management and prepare action plans: worldbank.org/en/country/phi…

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Investing in urban flood protection offers incredible secondary benefits: ➡️societal improvements, ➡️economic growth, ➡️environmental enhancements, and ➡️GHG reduction Learn more: wrld.bg/4nQX50OgmVE

New blog post out on secondary benefits of urban flood protection with Steven Rubinyi While the benefits of flood protection measures beyond risk reduction are well documented, rarely are they fully incorporated into economic analyses. blogs.worldbank.org/sustainablecit… via @worldbank

🌳 Secondary benefits of flood protection measures include enhanced green spaces, increased property values, and improved water quality. Learn how to harness these benefits in our cities from experts Tess Doeffinger & Steven Rubinyi: wrld.bg/vFNY50OkKaL via World Bank Cities

🌳 Secondary benefits of flood protection measures include enhanced green spaces, increased property values, and improved water quality. Learn how to harness these benefits in our cities from experts Tess Doeffinger & Steven Rubinyi: wrld.bg/B5MP50OmYN2

This handbook developed by GFDRR's City Resilience Program — which is based on lessons learned from diverse contexts — offers a roadmap for conducting an urban flood risk assessment in any city in the world. Download it here: wrld.bg/7zVP50PJnmI

This handbook developed by GFDRR's City Resilience Program — which is based on lessons learned from diverse contexts — offers a roadmap for conducting an urban flood risk assessment in any city in the world. Download it here: wrld.bg/qrx450PJnxQ

Thailand represented in Tokyo at the Technical Deep Dive on Financing Quality Urban Infrastructure @TDLCen World Bank Cities