Building Resilient Coastal Infrastructure: Bridging Science, Policy and Finance for Climate Adaptation

The session will bridge global agendas on coastal resilience, carrying forward the recommendations emerging from 2025 Global Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction and International Conference on Disaster Resilient Infrastructure into global ocean resilience discussions. This side event will support the global commitment to ocean resilience by focusing on financing climate and disaster-resilient coastal infrastructure. The session will also showcase ongoing CDRI and UNDRR initiatives and good practices from SIDS that contribute to enhancing the resilience of coastal communities.

Speakers

Opening Remarks: Dr. M. Ravichandran, Secretary, Ministry of Earth Sciences, India

Panel 1:

• Mr. Kamal Kishore, Special Representative of the Secretary-General on Disaster Risk Reduction and Head of UNDRR
• Mr. Max Puig, Executive Vice-President of the National Council for Climate Change and Clean Development Mechanism of the Dominican Republic
• Ms. Patricia Portela de Souza, United Nations Resident Coordinator, Cabo Verde

Panel 2:

• Mr. Amit Prothi, Director General, Coalition for Disaster Resilient Infrastructure
• Mr. Stephen Keppel, President, PVBLIC Foundation
• Ms. Savina Carluccio, Executive Director, International Coalition for Sustainable Infrastructure

No RSVP is needed to attend the event, but participants must be registered to the Third UN Ocean Conference. For more information, please access https://sdgs.un.org/conferences/ocean2025/participate