On March5th 2026, our founding executive director Ebru Gencer organized and presented at the event “Building Back Better in Hatay: Co-designing a Multi-Stakeholder, Multi-Hazard Urban Development Approach” at The Forum at Columbia University. This event presented high level insights from Columbia Global – Turkish Philanthropy Funds Resilience Initiative project “Building Back Better in Hatay.”, which discussed the ways in which …
Last May, our founding executive director Ebru Gencer attended the webinar ‘Pacing the Way: Optimizing Governance Mechanisms for Resilient Recovery’ in preparation to the World Conference on Resilient Recovery (#WCRR) that took place during the preparatory days of the Global Platform (GP) in Geneva in June 2025. This webinar examined the instrumental role in strengthening governance systems for effective and …
Last September, our founding executive director Ebru Gencer attended the ‘High-Level Convening of City-Climate Networks’ at Climate Week NYC and discussed the ongoing challenges and current opportunities for science-based urban climate solutions with experts in the industry. ‘High-Level Convening of City-Climate Networks’ brought together leading city and science networks to strengthen knowledge partnerships for urban climate solutions. With climate impacts …
On October 16, 2025, the International Day for Disaster Risk Reduction (IDDRR), G20 Ministers adopted the G20 DRR Working Group Ministerial Declaration: Resilience for All: Strengthening Disaster Risk Reduction through Solidarity, Equality, and Sustainability. The Declaration reaffirms the intrinsic relation between resilience and sustainable development and underscores the need for integrated, inclusive, people-centered and comprehensive approaches to Disaster Risk Reduction. …
CUDRR+R is very happy to announce the publication of the Center’s latest article on Participatory Planning for Inclusive and Resilient Urban Development in Latin America at the Environment & Urbanization’s special issue on IPPC Cities. Please visit https://lnkd.in/d8aB_4b for the full content of the publication.
A great achievement for Global Resilience, G20 Ministers have adopted the 2025 G20 Ministerial Declaration on Disaster Risk Reduction on the eve of the International Day for Disaster Risk Reduction. It has been a privilege for the Center for Urban Disaster Risk Reduction and Resilience (CUDRR+R) to be a Knowledge Partner of the G20 Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) Working Group …
On October 16, 2025, the International Day for Disaster Risk Reduction (IDDRR), G20 Ministers adopted the G20 DRR Working Group Ministerial Declaration: Resilience for All: Strengthening Disaster Risk Reduction through Solidarity, Equality, and Sustainability. The Declaration reaffirms the intrinsic relation between resilience and sustainable development and underscores the need for integrated, inclusive, people-centered and comprehensive approaches to Disaster Risk Reduction. …
CUDRR+R is very happy to announce the publication of the Center’s latest article on Participatory Planning for Inclusive and Resilient Urban Development in Latin America at the Environment & Urbanization’s special issue on IPPC Cities. Please visit https://lnkd.in/d8aB_4b for the full content of the publication.
A great achievement for Global Resilience, G20 Ministers have adopted the 2025 G20 Ministerial Declaration on Disaster Risk Reduction on the eve of the International Day for Disaster Risk Reduction. It has been a privilege for the Center for Urban Disaster Risk Reduction and Resilience (CUDRR+R) to be a Knowledge Partner of the G20 Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) Working Group …