AFD Day of exchanges « Nature in the City »

Friday, July 1, 2022, from 9am to 6pm

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In a world where all ecosystems are rapidly deteriorating in the face of expanding urban areas and climate change, AFD is working to protect biodiversity in cities and is placing Nature-based Solutions (NbS), and more broadly "nature-based designs", at the heart of the projects it supports. Taking biodiversity into account in its activities and in the urban environment is now at the heart of its objectives on the convergence of climate and biodiversity that it has set itself.

AFD Group aims to increase its pro-nature investments in all sectors and geographies, with the objective of devoting €1 billion and 30% of its climate finance to biodiversity by 2025, in synergy with the objectives of the Paris Agreement, the Agenda 2030 and the COP15 on biodiversity.

This conference proposes to put scientific research into perspective, and its operational translation, around the role and place of biodiversity in cities, with the presence of researchers and project leaders in the different geographies of AFD's intervention.

Agenda

9:00 AM
Welcoming word
Welcoming word
 

Presentation of the program of the day - Benjamin MATHIEU

9:15 AM
Conference Opening
Conference Opening
 

Reminder of the major issues of biodiversity and urban growth for AFD - Frédéric AUDRAS

9:30 AM
Plenary
Plenary
 

Biodiversity and urbanisation:

scientific recommendations to better integrate biodiversity in our cities.

 Hélène SOUBELET - Benjamin MATHIEU

10:30 AM
Coffee-break
Coffee-break
 
 
10:45 AM
Asia Plenary
Asia Plenary
 

State of scientific knowledge key issues in the city-nature relationship in South Asia and India.
Focus : Urban forests and Wetlands in Asian cities

Harini NAGENDRA

11:30 AM
Asia Round Table
Asia Round Table
 

Towards resilient city: identity and urban project

Urban and architectural workshop to Nature Based Solutions and biodiversity into account to mitigate climate change risks. Examples from Son La city (Vietnam)

Quentin LEBEGUE - Thai Huyen NGUYEN - Thanh Dao Duy -Benjamin MATHIEU

12:30 PM
Lunch break
Lunch break
 
 
2:00 PM
Plenary Africa
Plenary Africa
 

State of scientific knowledge and main issues in the city-nature relationship on the African continent and in South Africa in particular.
Focus:
Exploring social and ecological dimensions of urban biodiversity conservation in Africa: insights from southern Africa.

Nadia SITAS

2:45 PM
Experience feedback from Africa
Experience feedback from Africa
 

1-Nature-based solutions:

Ecosystem Based Adaptation approaches to biodiversity protection and infrastructure resilience in Durban (South Africa).
2- Wetland rehabilitation in Rwanda's urban development project

Chumisa THENGWA - Janet UMUGWANEZA

3:45 PM
Coffee-break
Coffee-break
 
 
4:00 PM
Plenary Latin America
Plenary Latin America
 

State of scientific knowledge and main issues in the city-nature relationship in Latin America
Focus:
Biodiversity and human well-being: ecosystem services provided by nature in the city

Juan David AMAYA-ESPINEL

4:45 PM
Latin America Round Table
Latin America Round Table
 

Biodiversity as a support for urban transformation and attractiveness: crossed views on ecological continuities in cities
1- Study case of the “Biodivercities” intiative and the restoration of the Mallorquin estuary
2- Ecological connectors of Barigui river
From Tanguá to Caximba: Linking the Environment and Social Framework in Curitiba with Sustainability
Study Case: Climate Risk Management Project – Bairro Novo do Caximba (PGRC- Bairro Novo do Caximba)

Ricardo VIVES GUERRA - Mauro MAGNABOSCO - Daniela Tahira MUNHOZ DA ROCHA - Benjamin MATHIEU

5:45 PM
Conclusions
Conclusions
 

 Hélène SOUBELET - Frédéric AUDRAS - Benjamin MATHIEU

Speakers

Practical information

The event will be held in a hybrid format, both face-to-face and by videoconference, at AFD's Mistral auditorium in Paris

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Contact

Aurélie GHUELDRE :

ghueldrea@afd.fr

Antoine MOUGENOT :

mougenota@afd.fr

Julien LORTHIOS :

lorthiosj@afd.fr

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