Monday, January 25, 2016
Rockefeller Partnership to Support Cities' Infrastructure Recovery
The Rockefeller Foundation, Veolia, and Swiss Re Corporate Solutions have announced an infrastructure recovery initiative designed to accelerate the economic recovery of cities in the aftermath of catastrophic natural disasters.
Announced at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, the partnership will support cities around the globe in the areas of climate change adaptation, disaster risk reduction, and infrastructure enhancement and recovery. Reinsurance company Swiss Re and resource management firm Veolia will work with cities around the globe to assess the risk exposure of critical assets under current and future climate scenarios and develop resilience plans to minimize that risk over time. The partnership was brokered by 100 Resilient Cities, a Rockefeller Foundation-funded initiative aimed at helping cities better understand the disaster-related threats to their critical infrastructure . . .