With its‘ „ISCN Global Mixer“ the International Smart Cities Network of GIZ brings you a wide spectrum of selected Smart City topics in less than 30 minutes. Fresh and innovative ideas, as well as out-of-the-box-content or experimental approaches from the very frontier of Smart City development await you. Join the curiosity! This time: How can virtual power plants support the transition in heating and climate neutrality of energy provision in urban quarters? INVOLVED: Nina Frei, EnBW – Energie Baden-Württemberg AG Moritz Hüttl, EnBW – Energie Baden-Württemberg AG

With its‘ „ISCN Global Mixer“ the International Smart Cities Network of GIZ brings you a wide spectrum of selected Smart City topics in less than 30 minutes. Fresh and innovative ideas, as well as out-of-the-box-content or experimental approaches from the very frontier of Smart City development await you. Join the curiosity! This time: Data is one of the key resources for the development of common good-oriented Smart Cities. And yet on so many aspects of urban and environmental reality actual and sensibly collected data is still massively lacking to make good for the many promises invoked. So let’s turn to the best “sensors” any city will ever have – its’ citizens! We will have a short and focused look into citizen science and how it can enhance Smart City development. INVOLVED: Moritz Müller, Bürger schaffen Wissen (tbc)

With its‘ „ISCN Global Mixer“ the International Smart Cities Network of GIZ brings you a wide spectrum of selected Smart City topics in less than 30 minutes. Fresh and innovative ideas, as well as out-of-the-box-content or experimental approaches from the very frontier of Smart City development await you. Join the curiosity! This time: A quick and focused input (less than 30 min) on Urban Disaster Risk Resilience. The topic couldn't be timelier, as we experience around the world in just the very last days and weeks countless extreme weather conditions and recordbreaking temperatures. We are happy to have Dr Umamaheshwaran Rajasekar from The Coalition for Disaster Resilient Infrastructure as a speaker who will present us with - key findings from the Midterm review of the Sendai framework regarding the status of early warning systems - initiatives of the Indian smart cities mission under their integrated command and control centers - Identifying what’s furthermore needed for ensuring smart, sustainable and resilience cities, including reference to what CDRI is doing in this space (tbc) INVOLVED: Dr Umamaheshwaran Rajasekar, CDRI

As cities emerge at the frontline of climate change, urban residents offer unique perspectives on its impacts, making their participation vital in shaping adaptation. In this session, CitiesAdapt and BIOCITIES proudly offer young people from Mexico a stage to share their views and ideas on climate change and adaptation:    Listen to the winning team of the regional CitiesAdapt student competition present their idea on how to re-design a public space in Plan de Ayala Sur, Mérida and hear about the “Ecochavos”, a project aimed at young people between 13 and 18, who collaborate to conserve the natural resources of their territories, develop their capacities, and promote meaningful learning.  Join us to learn about best practices in youth-oriented participation measures and their perspective on local climate change impacts and urban adaptation ideas! INVOLVED: Moderation: Aikaterini Karapantsiou & Joao Vitor Krieger Speaker #1: Representative from Mérida (tbc) Speaker #2: Winners of Regional Student Competition in Yucatán (tbc) Speaker #3: Students participating in Ecochavos project (tbc)  LANGUAGE: English, Spanish

This session offers a preview of the GIZ Urban Climate Resilience Toolbox. Designed to empower policymakers, practitioners, and enthusiasts in the field with up to 100 GIZ’s Urban Climate Resilience approaches in 30 different countries, this work in progress will soon be published on the AC.net website.  During the pre-launch, we'll be delving into the toolbox’s potential to promote best practices and support project implementation and knowledge exchange. We invite GIZ colleagues to share their first reactions on how it can pave the way for replication and scaling up successful approaches. INVOLVED Moderation: Joao Vitor Krieger Speaker #1: Gabriela Amorim (CitiesAdapt) Speaker #2: Phillip Reviere (FMB) Please note that this event is for GIZ employees only.