Sleutelstad Nieuws
De Leidse CDA-fractie kwam zaterdag in actie tijdens NLdoet. De fractie sloot zich aan bij een activiteit die georganiseerd werd door bewoners van het Neeltje van Zuytbrouckhof. Onder leiding van Saskia van Manen van Design for Emergency Management zetten zij zich in om hun hofje te vergroenen en de wateroverlast te verkleinen. Zo is het hofje beter voorbereid op klimaatverandering en wordt ook de saamhorigheid versterkt.
Stephen Olsen, in the Wellington Scoop
When we get a chance to break out of the ‘doomscrolling’ cycle of climate-related disasters and emergencies plaguing Te Ika-a-Māui in 2023, two people I’d want to call on for a glimmer of hope would be Saskia Van Manen, an innovation specialist from the Netherlands, and Klaus Kremer of Massey University.
In the face of climate change, a global pandemic, social inequity and unforeseen conflict, more and more areas of the world are confronting large-scale emergencies and natural disasters — often of a kind or at a magnitude they’ve never seen before.
Clinton Carlson, an associate professor of visual communication design at the University of Notre Dame, is exploring how design can help communities better prepare and respond when disaster strikes.
“I think it’s safe to say that going forward, we will all face different emergencies than we’ve ever faced before in our communities — and we can’t know what those disasters will look like,” Carlson said. “With climate change and other factors really disrupting our expectations of what can happen in an environment, it is really important that we not only improve our response to the emergencies that exist today, but also prepare for new challenges.”
Anne C. Mulkern, in E&E by Politico: News Climate Wire
Claudine Jaenichen, a consultant who’s worked with 24 cities to draw up emergency evacuation maps, said the Camp Fire heightened many people’s awareness about where they live and their potential escape routes.