The Rockefeller Foundation: Announcing Our Next Round of Resilient Cities!

100resilientcities.org - by Michael Berkowitz - December 2, 2014

Today we proudly announce the second group of cities selected to join 100 Resilient Cities – cities who have demonstrated a commitment to building their own capacities to navigate the shocks and stresses of an increasingly complex 21st Century.

During the our first 18 months, we've seen our first cohort of cities mature, appoint chief resilience officers, and embark on their own resilience strategy processes. No doubt this momentum contributed to the immense response we saw to the second round of the 100 Resilient Cities Challenge has been enormous, with 331 exceptional applications from cities around the world, submitted in seven languages.

Each city was asked to present a clear and compelling description of their major resilience challenges, how they are approaching and planning for resilience to decrease vulnerabilities, and how they plan to partner with us. After exhausting review of the applications, a panel of esteemed judges including African Develoment Bank President Donald Kaberuka, President and CEO of the Asia Society Josette Sheeran, and former President of Costa Rica José María Figueres, recommended the next set of 35 member cities.

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The complete list of cities selected in Round 2 . . .

Accra, Ghana

Amman, Jordan

Arusha, Tanzania

Athens, Greece

Barcelona, Spain

Belgrade, Serbia

Bangalore, India

Boston

Cali, Colombia

Chennai, India

Chicago

Dallas

Deyang, China

Enugu, Nigeria

Huangshi, China

Juarez, Mexico

Kigali, Rwanda

Lisbon, Portugal

London, England

Milan

Montreal

Paris

Phnom Penh, Cambodia

Pittsburgh

San Juan, Puerto Rico

Santa Fe, Argentina

Santiago de los Caballeros, Dominican Republic

Santiago (Metropolitan Region), Chile

Singapore

St. Louis

Sydney

Thessaloniki, Greece

Toyama, Japan

Tulsa, Oklahoma

Wellington, New Zealand

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