Urban Exchange Podcast Episode 7 - Part 1: Monica Barone, CEO, City of Sydney

The new Urban Exchange Episode takes an in-depth look at the ways the City of Sydney is approaching urban resilience, from engaging with citizens to encouraging proactivity in the community.

In the first half of a two-part episode, our guest Monica Barone explains how the city’s response to climate has been shaped by the will of the people who live, work and play in the city, with a panel for community engagement stretching back 15 years. We hear how the community’s concerns reflect those of the city and its government, what measures needed to be adopted to take action on the changing climate, and how the public’s desire to see change has shaped the Sustainable Sydney plan.

Monica illustrates the three core pillars of the plan – to be green, global and connected – and how the focus on green development continues to be a priority in rapidly changing times for our cities and our planet, shifting from mitigation to adaptation as the climate crisis fluctuates.

There’s also focus on how resilience and methods of adaptation go hand in hand, and what that means for citizens’ ability to perceive changes in their environment and live more comfortable, healthier lives.

This leads to conversation on how the resilience methodology helps to engage communities on climate, making tangible benefits of climate action more obvious, and how lessons learned during the last two years of the Covid-19 pandemic can help to shape future action.

Part two of our conversation with Monica will be available on 11^th of October 2022– be sure to subscribe today to ensure you don’t miss out.