Sam Kernaghan
@samkernaghan
Building urban resilience globally | Delivering social impact | Enabling vulnerable urban communities to manage disruption | Asking "to what end" | My views!
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We must stop building in flood zones > "Floods too frequently devastate communities across Australia. We must improve planning decisions to ensure we are not building new homes in high-risk areas" @ClionaODowd dailytelegraph.com.au/business/flood…
NSW Emergency Services Minister David Elliott says raising the Warragamba Dam wall could pave the way for the release of more land for development in Sydney’s north-west. smh.com.au/national/nsw/e…
smh.com.au
Raising dam wall could lead to more development on floodplain, Emergency Minister says
As residents return to the Hawkesbury-Nepean Valley to count the cost of the floods, NSW Emergency Services Minister David Elliott said raising the height of Sydney’s largest reservoir could benefit...
Australia’s carbon price is coming, one way or another > “The world is about to drag Australia kicking and screaming into a lower emissions future. The sooner we accept this and plan accordingly, the less economically damaging it will be” @Jess_Irvine smh.com.au/business/the-e…
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Australia’s carbon price is coming, one way or another
The world is about to drag Australia kicking and screaming into a lower emissions future. The sooner we accept this, the less economically damaging it will be.
More on this debate via @wendy_harmer @antonette_news from @stuartayresmp @anufennerschool @stukhan abc.net.au/news/2021-03-2…
abc.net.au
NSW government ministers in dam stoush as water levels rise
Major disagreements have emerged between NSW government ministers over the management of Warragamba Dam, as water spilling over the wall causes flooding issues for some Sydney suburbs.
Victoria Bridge over the flooded Nepean River viewed from the Penrith side in November 1961 and March 2021. [1961-Penrith City Council>2021-Phil Harvey/by Phil Harvey]
![sydthenandnow's tweet image. Victoria Bridge over the flooded Nepean River viewed from the Penrith side in November 1961 and March 2021.
[1961-Penrith City Council>2021-Phil Harvey/by Phil Harvey]](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Ew9xf60UUAE7hld.jpg)
Fierce debate underway about raising the Warragamba Dam - see this from Prof Jamie Pittock @ANUFennerSchool smh.com.au/national/stop-…
This is so scary. I have lived in the Hawkesbury for 22 years and have never seen river levels this high. This is aerial vision of the new Windsor Bridge and the roundabout at Wilberforce that's completely under. @abcnews
An important lesson the #COVID19 crisis is teaching us is the importance of developing #Resilient systems with the capacity to react better to shocks. #CitiesOnTheFrontline #GRCN bit.ly/2wH0S70
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Can We Make Our Organizations Resilient? And Make Society Resilient As A Result?
Resilience is the biggest thing we need right now. How do we build this into our organizations and society?
“In informal settlements, we are going to need a far more active engagement to combat #COVID19. We need to mobilize communities and their capacities.” Julian Baskin from @CitiesAlliance #CitiesOnTheFrontline @WorldBank bit.ly/3dUXrdA
One of the best ways to build #resilience in the face of a crisis like #COVID19 is learning from other's experiences. Read the update on the Tel Aviv-Yafo Municipality’s response to the #pandemic here: bit.ly/3afi7dh #CitiesOnTheFrontline #GRCN
"#FlatteningTheCurve avoids overwhelming the health systems, 26% of informal settlements have no clinics at all to overwhelm. We have to enhance access to health services." Julian Baskin from @CitiesAlliance #CitiesOnTheFrontline @WorldBank bit.ly/3dUXrdA
“Fake news and fear are a real problem in the slums. We have worked to identify fake news and get the communities the right information.” Farouk Braimah from @sdinet on the #Coronavirus Speaking Series. #CitiesOnTheFrontline @WorldBank #COVID19 #GRCN bit.ly/3dUXrdA
“We built a strategic policy working group to inform and define actors outside the government with whom we want to collaborate,“ Fernando Straface @fstraface Secretary-General and Foreign Affairs of @buenosaires #CitiesOnTheFrontline #GRCN @WorldBank #COVID19
1000s in Chennai are food insecure as a result of #Covid_19. #Chief #Resilience Officer Krishna Mohan is taking action - fundraising & delivering meals to vulnerable communities. Learn more: bit.ly/2QPqpBK #CitiesOnTheFrontLines @GlobalResCities @NIUA_India @iitmadras
#Coronavirus Speaker Series:Sharing Knowledge to Respond with #Resilience is a weekly session organized by the #GlobalResilientCitiesNetwork #GRCN and @WorldBank as a knowledge sharing session for #cities responding to the #COVID19 crisis. Register: bit.ly/2vYKiza
Liora Shechter, CIO & #SmartCity Director in @TelAviv shares on the #Coronavirus Speaking Series how the city expanded its digital working capability for the government in 300% in order to keep working through the #COVID19 crisis. #GRCN @WorldBank #CitiesOnTheFrontline
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What's Next for the World's Chief Resiliency Officers? nextcity.org/daily/entry/wh… #ResilientCities @NextCityOrg cc @annem4rie @LaurenSorkin18
nextcity.org
What’s Next for the World’s Chief Resiliency Officers?
The roughly 100 resilient cities worldwide will stay resilient with the launch of the city-run Global Resilient Cities Network.
Action across the 100 #resilientcities never stopped.. Nor the did the demand for a network fuelled by exchanging practice, peer support and enabling the testing and scaling of locally led, community focused solutions. @GlobalResCities continues the work of the city led network
What's Next for the World's Chief Resiliency Officers? nextcity.org/daily/entry/wh… #ResilientCities @NextCityOrg cc @annem4rie @LaurenSorkin18
nextcity.org
What’s Next for the World’s Chief Resiliency Officers?
The roughly 100 resilient cities worldwide will stay resilient with the launch of the city-run Global Resilient Cities Network.
Chief Resilience Officer @beck4eco from @ResilientSydney shares her takeaways from lived experiences of #urbanheat at the #coolingcities masterclass @GlobalResCities
3 main takeaways from Beck Dawson's presentation at #CoolingtheCity on the lived experience of extreme heat: 1. Managing risk in place 2. Better day to day investment & policy decisions 3. Integrated place based decision making to meet community needs #ResilientSydney
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