Insights
Discover everything you need to know about different topics
Heat
Extreme heat and heat risk reduction
The Greater Sydney Heat Taskforce was established in 2022 and is facilitated by Western Sydney Regional Organisations of Councils (WSROC) and Resilient Sydney.
Disaster Resilience
Disaster resilience
When disasters strike, local governments play a critical role in supporting affected communities.
First Nations
Connect for strength – First Nations
First Nations people have experienced 237 years of consecutive shock events starting with colonisation in 1788.
Governance
Governance
Sydney was among the first cities in the world to develop a comprehensive resilience strategy and is now among the first to embark on a second-generation strategy, reaffirming its leadership in advancing urban resilience.
Social Cohesion
Social cohesion
More than any other level of government, local government can play significant roles in strengthening social cohesion.
Net Zero
Electrification and the energy transition
The NSW Government’s Net Zero Plan update identified that Greater Sydney alone is responsible for 38% of NSW’s greenhouse gas emissions.
Water
Securing the Future of Greater Sydney’s Water Supply
The NSW Governments’ Greater Sydney Water Strategy provided a very tangible example of how changing rainfall patterns increase risks to water security, identifying that during our most recent drought (2017- 2020) ,storage levels dropped by 50% of full dam capacity in two and a half years, a much faster rate of depletion than in previous droughts.