Declaration of the Bangkok Call for Action – Asia Pacific cities call for action on urban resilience

13 February 2015

 

More than 300 people from around 30 odd countries and more than 100 cities witnessed the declaration of the Bangkok Call for Action – Towards Urban Resilience in Asia-Pacific, at the first ever Resilient Cities Asia-Pacific 2015 Congress in Bangkok on 13 February 2015. 

 

The Bangkok Call for Action captures the outcomes of the congress and provides recommendations for cities and nations in moving towards a climate-resilient world”, said Emani Kumar, Deputy Secretary General, ICLEI – Local Governments for Sustainability. 

 

Mayors and municipal leaders from the Asia Pacific region have called for a more concerted and coordinated action to build resilience and adapt to the intensifying impacts of climate change. “There is a need to do things differently; to be prepared; to innovate; to constantly learn and adapt; and to enact the full spectrum of resilience actions, including disaster prevention, preparedness, response and recovery, for current and projected risks”, state the mayors and municipal leaders in the Bangkok Call for Action Towards Urban Resilience in the Asia Pacific. 

 

The Bangkok Call for Action was read out by the Deputy Governor of Bangkok, Pasadee Thamthai, who said “Together, we can make more resilient cities”. She also vowed to create Bangkok a safe and resilient city starting with the individuals and communities from various sectors. Bangkok has recently developed cycling pathways and improved their waste management facilities. “Resilience starts with people. There can be no resilient cities without resilient people”.

 

The Bangkok Call for Action will be delivered at the 3rd World Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction in Sendai, Japan where nations will decide on the disaster risk reduction framework for the next 10 years. It will also feed into the ongoing processes of finalizing the post-2015 development agenda, specifically the Sustainable Development Goals on cities and human settlements, the UN Climate Conference in Paris and the Habitat III in 2016. 

 

Download the full text of the Bangkok Call for Action here

 

 

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