Building climate resilience

The debate on building climate resilience, hosted by Friends of Europe, explored on how national and subnational bodies can respond to growing irregular risks such as disruptions in food, water, and energy supplies or rising sea levels. The event was held on the 24 of April in Brussels. Speakers included Tessa Kelly (Climate Change Coordinator at the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC)); Sébastien Maire (Chief Resilience Officer of Paris); Oli Brown (Senior Programme Coordinator for Disasters and Conflicts at the UN Environment Programme (UNEP)) and Michael Ruehle (Head of Energy Security at the NATO Emerging Security Challenges Division). The debate was moderated by Dharmendra Kanani, Director of Strategy at Friends of Europe.