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hello my name is David
Thorpe and I'm the community manager of sustainable cities collective
the website
for leading urban thinkers everywhere now
you know the saying you don't know what you got till it's gone
well mayor Bloomberg's tenure in office in New York
is about to come to an end. a new ebook tells The Amazing
predominately untold story of how Bloomberg his staff
and other city leaders put in place hundreds of measures
to safeguard New York City from the effects of climate change.
perhaps those who criticized him when in office
will change their opinion after they read this book
which is called Bloomberg's hidden legacy on climate change
and the future of New York City. I'm joined today
by one of the authors of this book Maria Gallucci
hello Maria. hey there
the story begins with in fact
a survey of land-use in New York City
do you think let this is useful as
a fundamental starting point because it's very interesting that land use
should be seen
as connected to climate change sure care worker environmental groups
kinda air and his virginity her current for a plan from the get go
but it was in this ring when the Bloomberg administration decided here
look a rather hell she developed certain are smartly
each future began to make that connection
and ever in 2005 the city's DeMocker hearst
cannot be spared action centenarian more New Yorkers
probably lift area and the market will probably live in New York
trying 30 sheesh and and at that point universities already strained
a plaster and people has K
baby even shackled fireplaces so piles
her when it snows so ash that idea to hang in there are people with
buried down okay and ash and so they looked at work needed to make the city
and better more adaptable
marketable for people and may be right back a la Turk ***
their sex take kinder after really
mesh well LPS standard area conserving natural resources
aren't using it you know what you have and
better mercenary at in providing
and New York City Taxi record by for instance 37 however locally
and true that and then pay
they realize a lot of the work ever do it also pretentious
are you ready for this here at reducing greenhouse gas emissions
and also *** said Pierre
protecting New Yorkers from rising sea levels prior
and in that their trademark routes across the store
sense insert an adaptation Saturday its luster
it is really excited this evolution her
there are probably fair to her that they had reached that conclusion
much sooner but ash it never started from said yes
developing New York and developing the land
so far more this research was born
plan NYC and which had
a glut many impacts in city something very visible someone less visible
could you say what you think the most successful at the Sabine
share carrie Ann
warner-turner invisible and initiatives
everything look at max is the cream he campaigned
in new york Belle record ten thousand buildings
everything started this initiative several years ago burned
hi overheating or and those buildings
and internet and represented 1 percent all the buildings in the city
accounted for more surgery shared that out the cars and trucks and I'm selfish
days started working on air building on Oct 30 charities
with private banks okay okay how can we get the starting CU's
at natural gas she use at lower soccer
Latin cease-fire feels ants as a result
wouldn't look at a map a air conditioner air quality rather
in a city you can see dramatically that places that were once these dark red
packets are now
you know election or internet in your indicate that there
screener and and another edition and I would say that's important is the
earn creation in New York City Panel on Climate Change
which is modeled after the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate
Change
and she said make very local very
specific chronic rejection for New York
and it's Rick near was ranked first city to do this and
what it means is that land macarthur manner
you know thanks plant for how to protect New York Academy
anticipate impact climate change they can see
what you know what I look like very locally instead are
said generalization about to happen where black good could you just briefly
in Leicester
feel the other things that are more visible to inhabitants in the city like
planting trees for instance in cartons
sure yesterday at the city it lashed afternoon in trees and I C and checked
by hand and chased
answer fired a by 800,000
and that senator mack impact because a lot of these trees are crack a
a lot sidewalks or you know in the survey research
10-year and parts that this rehab strikeouts in his crate
concrete landscape and and an honor not only foliage
but it provides shade in the summer and it kinda helps
lowered overall temperature other landscape
I'm then there's also where
at daredevil international grown at about 300 miles of bike lanes
and which is great at I you back myself
and he said get much safer and happier on lane
arrived and the same bed Carolina Presswire
right and probably and the Brooklyn Bridge Park is another great example
before it was it the Brooklyn Bridge Park
an and basis at manhattan
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are starting to start last warehouses semi truck accident
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treated beautiful ash act but a habit that may also be bill
n features that make it a second
resist resiliency in rising sea levels or
Star Search there thanks editor outta there
tired March system on on the water's edge
and without even there and superstorm sandy
that it helps sir protect the immediate areas around the park
front the Start Search
am now what this story shows is the biennial
many disparate group getting together and finding unity
and forming public-private partnerships
but that must've been a lot of opposition from industry
private sector on the basis of cost
saturday right and and there it was 138
why I asked her senator come at all the skirts getting together
is that after year there were cross concerns
and even answer technical concerns that you nerd
government homework officials wanted industry to do things that they saw as
complicated
or bird answer and air
his sorter after leadership exposing a historic participation in that process
israeli help get so nervous last task because
it you know I and his work she starts at
short term problems like the credit crash or canada beat get learns
shouldn't dictate search
it turns out a long-term policy that certain irony hopefully the economy
would rebound
venturi and people protect these programs into place
but and your friend upbringing group together I think that certainly helps
that it wasn't just
and there there's an issue seat at the table as well they had a chance to
well as their concerns and and their cases you there
helped establish a compromise
now it's about a a year now since hurricane sandy
devastated New York City and
to what extent was that defining moments in his
sir members campaigned do something about climate change and bring it to the
top the agenda
trash yes sir both forces search area most other
the crime a related measure XK chandelier with medication and reducing
greenhouse gas emissions
an and things like that her sir when it was a rehash
it really was a wake-up call to say everything considered
project ratification or may be rolling out some other measures such
what we really need to do something big and such
and related accusation which was kinda wanna the ad
smart parks at the chronic Kush and it also
soldering solder gave liver condition it's like a call
but it gave their jeannie getting new yorkers
were clamoring for this kind of action day you never
thousands of people were out a hunch estar
what you know their good technocratic age can't do much
their house and so gang gave her an initiation are
and political clout to say come out and say we're gonna do these
we're going to propose that race is at ambitious really costly
long-term projects that may be here to order
matter and your before sandy all you know would have received a lot of
pushback
or negativity and and now to get this
I'll bluebirds being criticized also there has been a PLO
supporting development on water funds that are vulnerable to
licensee doubles climate change and what's been the response to that
yeah yesterday reacted and Turkey conversation your
because Arthur initiation believes that you cared about the water
you just have to do a in a smart way in our way
anticipate sea-level rise to anticipate starfish
patent but pretty air current tax in the city
or say that you never in a hundred years
we're gonna have to completely abandon the water crash and it would be smart
and
rather then before departure high-rise condos on the water
think about where and could start developing cancer you know people crash
rx-8 over kind errand
so that the bearish acted session and
from the beautiful new york et already learning that people want to lick their
name what's yours
spent time there but at all it
that there's a lot of cash concerned that near
will be building on and Lotter property at Park since except I just finished
writing
and a few decades likes
so to what extent do you think we should cut it Bloomberg all
with all these things and to what extent should we credit summer the other people
that are you into the inland and perhaps a hundred so officials who worked day
and night
from the evidence to your story on many of these projects
rates kreutzer flower may remember is certainly
face air are discredit work it's 100 people
accident occurred a day and
or in our work that went into creating splash
I don't say that my hair clippers well was really
showing interest and
okay making it a top priority in his administration
urge and thats order
made other consumer interests that are more engaged
I think that he he was merely there's this impression that it
the mayor thought it was important and if you know if he is sending his top
officials our
hurt day after day these exception stack
K you know maybe they would there'll be another spot
it's all about by the leadership ok when when
he depaz my office at the end of the year DeBlasio takes over do you think
this
any it these issues will be continued with the be stopped only build build
upon my successes
yeah okay shared
say after Saturday and down the class a tax preparer has
and commanded at Mariner trends for
sanitary and resiliency is called them airboat bluegrass
an hour any team support
what it contained but E you know also air
last year okay this instance our iterator Mayor Bloomberg after
yeah campaign he positioned himself ever get away
someone who would pay more attention to the common person and
and you know take into account any every New Yorker
anger and so and rather campaign
climate change scary they are really big issues
so we have never really heard much about why I after the class implants care
whether he can year thanks to continued her
Mayor Bloomberg and does or start its owner we do know that
there you know if go to last year
works here star ever completely from scratch
better at get a credit Accessories Editor in her second search
this that would create years delay that Rivera can't afford
add if you were to start are trashed their they're just
release any are back okay
thank you very much for joining us today Maria
and here
Bloomberg's hidden legacy climate change in the future
New York City by Catherine badly I'm million kenichi
is available from the inside climate website
using the link at the end of this video are all
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