[Workshop] Action for Cool Cities in MENA and Sub-Saharan Africa

Back in Amman after COVID-19 with the support of GIZ Bonn and GIZ Amman and the German BMZ (Bundesministerium für wirtschaftliche Zusammenarbeit und Entwicklung). Cities are already on the front line of climate change. At least 70% of them are currently dealing with sudden-onset disasters and long-term environmental stress. As part of the Connective Cities project and MedCities projects, we are working with 14 municipalities from 8 countries representing North Africa, the Middle East, and Sub-Saharan Africa to fight climate change through strategic planning and diverse mitigation and adaptation strategies from GHG emissions reductions and urban heat island mitigation. Municipal actors from various countries are together in Amman to exchange ideas and experiences focusing on ideation and prototyping of solutions for cooler cities not only in hot climates but also in cold climates.

This Workshop on 7-9 March is the second step of the learning process on urban tools for carbon reduction pathways and improvement of outdoor thermal comfort, which started last year as part of the Connective Cities project. Through Deep Dive's long-term modular learning process and agile formats of short-term municipal crisis and risk preparedness solutions, we are building the capacity of municipal experts toward climate change resilience.

The first live meeting of the project was in Amman Jordan. Our team is glad to work with Muna Shalan, Ricarda Meissner, Christiana Hageneder, Maisam Otoum @Luna Shible, and the municipal experts from Algeria, Jordan, Kenya, Lebanon, Palestine, Tunisia, Zambia. I was inspired by @Akram Khraisat from Amman Urban Observatory. Thank you all.

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