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mate change adaptation, the Western Cape Police Ombudsman, Habitat for Humanity, the Development Action Group, Sustainable Energy Africa and GreenCape.
The 98 cities that Cape Town joins range from Accra, in Ghana to Yiwu, in China and, to name a few in between, London, Paris, New York, Dakar, Bangalore, Buenos Aires, Jaipur, Luxor and Athens.
Cape Town’s application to join the initiative was accepted in May last year. Its president, Michael Berkowitz, said: “City governments are on the front line of dealing with acute shocks and chronic stress. Cape Town is part of a group of cities leading the way on resilience to better prepare for, withstand, and recover more effectively when disruption hits.”
Mayor Patricia de Lille said each of the member cities received “four concrete types of support; financial and logistical guidance for establishing an innovative new position in city government, a chief resilience officer, who will lead the city’s resilience efforts; technical support for development of a robust resilience strategy; access to solutions, service providers, and partners from the