ICLEI – Local Governments for Sustainability is a global network working with more than 2,500 local and regional governments committed to sustainable urban development.
ICLEI – Local Governments for Sustainability is a global network working with more than 2,500 local and regional governments committed to sustainable urban development.
Empowering Izmir to safeguard people against climate hazards
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Implemented by ICLEI, the Izmir Metropolitan Municipality, Z Zurich Foundation, and Zurich Insurance Group Türkiye, the project uses the Climate Resilience Measurement for Communities (CRMC) tool to assess each neighborhood’s specific needs and challenges, ensuring tailored and effective resilience strategies.
The project goes beyond planning by establishing a robust monitoring system to track the effectiveness of implemented solutions, building skills among residents, and engaging relevant stakeholders. It consists of three main steps:
Part of the CRMC, a mobile app enables project partners to collect anonymised data from selected communities, looking at aspects such as education, health, infrastructure, and natural resources.
Together with the municipality, communities understand their strengths and areas for improvement based on their data analysis, and co-design interventions to enhance their resilience
A second data collection allows to answer the question "have these communities become more resilient?"
Izmir Metropolitan Municipality plays a leading role in tackling climate change and urban resilience in a city of nearly 4.5 million people. Through strategic initiatives such as the Sustainable Energy and Climate Action Plan and the Green City Action Plan, Izmir is actively working to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and increase climate adaptive capacity and urban resilience.
The Z Zurich Foundation is a Swiss-based charitable foundation established by members of the Zurich Insurance Group. It is the main vehicle by which Zurich Insurance Group delivers on its global community investment strategy.
Zurich Insurance Group Türkiye, which started its operations in Türkiye in 2008 and today offers innovative solutions for the protection of assets and other services needed by its individual and corporate customers through more than 600 bank branches and more than 1.000 agents and brokers, is among the strongest companies in the Turkish insurance sector. Zurich Insurance Group Türkiye implements its social investment strategy with corporate social responsibility projects carried out in the four strategic areas of the Z Zurich Foundation: social equality, mental wellbeing, adaptation to climate change and crisis response.
ICLEI – Local Governments for Sustainability is a global network of more than 2500 local and regional governments committed to sustainable urban development. Active in 125+ countries, we influence sustainability policy and drive local action for low emission, nature-based, equitable, resilient, and circular development.
For more information, contact us at resilient.cities@iclei.org