The City University of New York (CUNY) Institute for Sustainable Cities and the Roosevelt House Public Policy Institute at Hunter College host the Promoting Resilience and Transformation in Cities: A Conference for a Public Policy of Urban Climate Governance May 16-17, 2017. The conference explores topics related to urban climate resiliency, policy development and implementation, stakeholder interaction and cooperation, and more.

The first panel focuses on how cities are currently approaching the demands of climate resiliency and mitigation. Related issues include what are the key social, economic and environmental dynamics that result in challenges or opportunities for cities as they move along the continuum from everyday climate resiliency practice to transformative adaptation and mitigation; and, what are most significant governance barriers cities face in response to these dynamics and their interactions?

The next panel examines ways that cities can promote meaningful climate policy transitions, what adjustments to current policies are best, and what future policies could be envisioned. Based on a reflection of past and current successful urban policy transitions, which strategies and conditions have the potential to promote a transition to more meaningful and successful climate public policy in cities?

The third panel considers how cities could acquire the tools, knowledge and financing for significant climate action. What kinds of knowledge, data, and information are most useful for practitioners and community stakeholders who are developing public policy for climate change action?

The final panel of the conference explores strategies to advance science-policy-maker-practitioner interaction, and the conditions for promoting ongoing knowledge exchange within the research community focused on climate governance in cities.