Post on 09-Sep-2020
Cities Programme Overview
Association of BaysideMunicipalities Bay Blueprint 2070
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History & OverviewEst. 2003 - urban arm of the United Nations Global Compact
Based on Melbourne Model - to advance Ten Principles human rights/labour/environment/anti-corruption
International Secretariat hosted by RMIT University in Melbourne since 2008: recommitment between the parties in 2014 up to 2020
Sustainable Development Goals 11 is a primary focus
Business - Civil Society - Government
There are NOW 126
Key activity: New Growth –Cities Leading and Sharing Knowledge and Practice
PortoAlegre 10yearproject– newmodelforupliftingcommunitiesfrompoverty
Milwaukeeleadership inwater,globaladvisorrole,plantoleadothercities inwaterstewardship,collaborationwithLeeuwarden
Oslo,eg specialistknowledgewithleadingProcurementPractice,1st Commitmentprojectandplanforwebinars
Rotorua,LengthyLeadingpreparationandengagement– CityScan,communityengagement,ActionPlan
Medellin,nowworldrecognised leader inSocialTransformation,inspiringandinformingothercities,exExCEOEDUnowGlobal
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1. City Projects across 10 focus areas:Grounding the SDGs in the Urban Context – new key focus areas for action, knowledge exchange and reporting:
• Water• Climate and Energy• Resilience• Food Security• Inequity and Livelihoods• Women and Cities• Housing• Participation and Inclusion• Heritage and Culture
All cross-cut with the SDGs and Ten Principles
Key activities 2016 for more detail see www.citiesprogramme.org and www.ethicalcities.org
Key activities 2016 formoredetailseewww.citiesprogramme.org andwww.ethicalcities.org
2. City Scan: diagnostic against the 10 principles and SDGs – covers 157 issues (challenges) under the 22 topic areas in three categories
– City Development – City Sustainability– City Governance
20 City Scans (v.1) completed: we are now seeking co-sponsorship to conduct 20 more City Scans in 2016-17 financial year.• 2015 Stage 1 Pilot program - 20 signatory cities• 2016 Stage 2 CityScan V2.0 – 20+ cities• 2017 Stage 3 Expansion program
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Key activities 2016 for more detail see www.citiesprogramme.org and www.ethicalcities.org
3. Ethical Cities, and UN Habitat engagement:• Successful Urban Thinker
Campus in Feb (with RMIT and World Vision)
• 3 further Ethical Cities events• Global MOOC in preparation• Habitat III: we have
participated in Habitat III preparations, and incorporated ethical citiesconcepts into the draft Urban Agenda, and we will participate in Quito in October.
www.ethicalcities.org
BayBlueprint2070ProjectOverview
InBrief
• Theaim– TodevelopaBayBlueprintfor2070givenfuturecoastalchanges,populationgrowthandpressuresonPortPhillipBay
– ToengagekeystakeholdersinunderstandingandenvisioningthefutureoftheBayandit’scommunities,economy&environment
• Thebenefit– Acollectivevisionforthefutureofthebayandthechallenges– Opportunityforcouncilstoadvancethevisionofalocalsitetoimproveeconomic,socialandenvironmentoutcomes
– Buildcapacitytointegrateclimateresilienceintocouncilfunctions
Australia
SiteSelectionandDiscussionPaper• EachCouncilselectedpotentialsitesfortheadaptationdesignandvisualisationfocus
• DiscussionPaperforBayBlueprinthasbeendevelopedanddistributed
Feedbackaccepteduntil29April
CouncilWorkshopsandVisualisationSites
Visualisations- DesignValuesDesignValuesarespecific toeachsiteanddevelopedwithCouncils. Forexample:
1.LivingshorelineManagingshifting sands
2.LivingbetterwithmorewaterFloodmanagement, coastalandcatchment inundation,waterretention/detention
3.Biodiversity&habitatenhancement, creatingtransitional habitatsEnhancevegetation,preserveenvironmentally significant vegetation,coastalvegetationassoftengineering
4.InfrastructureresiliencePreservecurrentaccess andactivityhub,infrastructuresupportingactivityhubresilience
ExampleDraftVisualisations
TheUniqueAttributesMapping
AdaptationSolutions
Floating coastal decks
Floating houses
Retention-detentionsystem
CommunicatingtheBayBlueprint
• Selectionofvisualisationsofadaptationin2070• Limitedadaptationinterventioninsomelocations• Plannedadaptation- Howdidwegetthere?• Adaptationpathways– triggersandtippingpoints• Thestorylookingbackofwhathappenedandwhen• Guidance– tourbanplanner,engineer,manager
Storiesbycharactersfrom2070
Mayorsperspective
Urbanplanner/governmentofficialinsights
Businessleader
experience
Youthcitizenoutlook Fairytales
Completion• FinaliseBayBlueprint2070midJune• Exhibitionofvisualisationsandcompetitiontooccur
betweenJulyandOctober• Valueaddresearchpaperstobecompletedbyendofyear
– Economicsurveyofbusinesscommunityaroundthebay– Climateadaptationpathwaysprocessapplied– Designprocess forcoastaladaptationvisualisationconcepts
1. Leeuwardin, Netherlands
Experimental zone to test and develop new technologies/business- Leadership by private sector organisations in collaboration with
government – focus water technologies i.e. water quality & energy- Intervention to remove environmental controls for an area so
innovation can be applied and monitored and improved - Over 6 years
- attracted over 300 Million Euros- created over 800 new jobs- 20+ patents developed- 20+ new businesses grown beyond 2 year incubation
Apply this approach to grow coastal adaptation industry
2. San Francisco, USA
Financing coastal adaptation• Leadership by private sector organisations in
collaboration with government• Proposed $12 p.a. per tax parcel (property)
all municipalities around San Francisco Bay• Business sector to provide proportionally
higher funding• Funding to be used for bay focused
adaptation• To be voted on in June 2016
Thank you for your attentionwww.citiesprogramme.orgwww.ethicalcities.org
Michael Nolanmichael.nolan@citiesprogramme.org