Sam Kernaghan @samkernaghan
Building urban resilience globally | Delivering social impact | Enabling vulnerable urban communities to manage disruption | Asking "to what end" | My views! Sydney Joined May 2011-
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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…
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…
More on this debate via @wendy_harmer @antonette_news from @stuartayresmp @anufennerschool @stukhan abc.net.au/news/2021-03-2…
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]
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
Other disasters don't stop just because there's a pandemic. bit.ly/37xXhIh
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
“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
ICYMI:
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
Chief Resilience Officer @beck4eco from @ResilientSydney shares her takeaways from lived experiences of #urbanheat at the #coolingcities masterclass @GlobalRESCities
Chief Resilience Officer @beck4eco from @ResilientSydney shares her takeaways from lived experiences of #urbanheat at the #coolingcities masterclass @GlobalRESCities

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