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"International climate talks in Egypt known as COP27 are into their second
week. Thursday is Solutions Day at the summit. Recognising that urban planning
is now a front-line response to climate change, discussions will focus on
sustainable cities and transport, green buildings and resilient infrastructure.
The COP26 Glasgow Pact expects countries to update planning at all levels of
government to take climate change and adaptations into account. Urban planning
is also included in the most recent report by the Intergovernmental Panel on
Climate Change (IPCC).
The Australian Royal Commission into National Natural Disaster Arrangements
similarly reinforced the urgency of planning for climate change. Its report
recommended making it mandatory for land-use planning decisions to consider
natural disaster risks.
Australian communities have been through a series of recent disasters. We have
had extremes of drought, bushfires and now storms and floods. Some towns have
been evacuated repeatedly.
Land-use planning needs to be updated to respond to a changing climate. This
means working with nature, involving communities and, importantly, including
the tools needed to plan for risk and uncertainty. Examples include scenario
planning, carbon assessments of developments, water-sensitive urban design and
factoring in the latest climate science into everyday decisions on land use."
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
