UN 2023 Water Conference: Urban Stormwater & Coastal Resiliency

Brooklyn College Foundation

UN 2023 Water Conference: Urban Stormwater and Coastal Resiliency

Brooklyn College's Graduate Center for Worker Education

UN 2023 Water Conference Side Event Symposium (Event ID OS500): Meeting Urban Stormwater &amp; Coastal Resiliency Challenges via Cross-Sectoral and City-to-City CollaborationsUrban flooding poses risks to human health and safety, causes extensive property damage, exposes vulnerabilities in critical infrastructure and leads to the degradation of adjacent waters. In coastal cities the risks are compounded when chronic and extreme rainfall coincides with storm surges and high tides. With projected increased frequency of extreme precipitation and storm events associated with climate change, these problems will become even more acute for coastal cities and their surrounding areas. Responding to this myriad of challenges will require dynamic planning with holistic and integrated water management (IWM) approaches that span jurisdictional and geographical boundaries and that provide equitable solutions to meet both community and environmental needs. IWM encompasses a broad array of context-dependent practices which will require diverse, cross-sectoral expertise from and between academic, public and private sectors to meet its full potential. While there is much engagement between municipal and private sectors in the implementation of IWM approaches, collaboration with academic institutions is also critically important for introducing innovation and for training a well-equipped workforce to meet current and future challenges. As many cities (national and international) explore IWM solutions and engage in these cross-sectoral collaborations, there is much to be gained from city-to-city information exchange about successes, challenges, and dynamic planning approaches. At this highly interactive half-day symposium, we will bring together national and international experts from academic, public and private sectors who are currently engaged in cross-sectoral IWM approaches for urban stormwater and coastal resiliency to share their experiences, lessons learned in these endeavors and to discuss plans for meeting future challenges. The symposium is aligned with Theme 4 (Water for Cooperation) and will be comprised of both expert panels and breakout sessions for audience engagement.

Agenda

Welcome Jennifer Cherrier (Brooklyn College-CUNY) & Alan Cohn (NYC-DEP) Opening Remarks Michelle Anderson, President Brooklyn College-CUNY Pinar Balci, Assistant Commissioner, NYC DEP

Welcome

Panel 1: Reflection (9:20-10:10) Panel 2: Implementation (10:15-11:05am) Panel 3: Moving Forward (11:10am-12:00pm)

Panels

Breakout Sessions/Working Lunch

Synthesis & Closing Remarks

PANELS

Hurricane Sandy was a wakeup call in New York City and beyond and in the 10 years that have since passed, there has been substantial progress in IWM stormwater and coastal resiliency planning across the globe. What has happened in the last 10 years with respect to this resiliency planning, what has changed, and what are short- and long-term priorities for the future? Panelists: Ahmed Aboutaleb (Mayor of Rotterdam, Netherlands; *invited), Carrie Grassie (Deputy Director Climate-Ready Infrastructure, NYC Mayor's Office; *invited), Sachin Bhoite (Director of Climate Resilience, C40 Cities), Robert Freudenberg (VP of Environment and Energy, Regional Plan Association), Mazdak Arabi (Professor & Director One Water Solutions Institute, Colorado State University)

Reflection

Over the last decade, multiple cities have launched IWM initiatives for enhancing stormwater and coastal resiliency. These initiatives have necessarily resulted in partnerships between cities and across sectors. What are some examples of initiatives that have been implemented, how have these initiatives benefited thus far from city to city and cross sectoral partnerships, what are some of the lessons learned, and how can we use these lessons learned in next steps toward meeting resiliency planning priorities? Panelists: Pinar Balci (Assistant Commissioner NYC Dept. of Environmental Protection), Lykke Leonardsen (Program Manager, Green City Climate Solutions and Copenhagen Municipality Technical & Environmental Administration), Lot Locher (International Director Climate, One Architecture), Jennifer Cherrier (Professor & Researcher, Brooklyn College-City University of New York)

Implementation

Meeting future urban stormwater and coastal resiliency challenges will require innovative solutions and well-trained and equipped workforce. How can we best leverage city to city and cross sectoral collaborations for generating these solutions and for training the future workforce? Panelists: Piet Dirck (Global Director Climate Adaptation, Arcadis), Trine Stausgaard Munk (Global Urbanism Manager, Henning Larsen ), Brett Branco (Professor & Director Science and Resilience Institute, Brooklyn College-City University of New York ), Andrea Silverman (Assistant Professor & Researcher, New York University), Mazdak Arabi, Professor & Director One Water Solutions Institute, Colorado State University

Moving forward

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