b'SYDNEY - BOSTON - FUKUOKA 2018 - 2019in studio classes was investigated using various climateheatwaves, drought, and rising seas are already a lived analyses. In contrast to the meso-scale which varied in itsreality for Sydney and other Australian cities. Metropolitan spatial configuration across all three scenarios,the BringellySydney is a laggard in this respect with an overly complex town centre adopted different material configurations. Rathergovernance structure and a lack of coherent policy than changing the pattern, variation occurred throughapproaches to envisage the consequences of climate action, altering materials, such as canopy and vegetation and coolinaction and compromise. Plastrik & Cleveland, (2018) write materials versus standard materials. The micro-climaticthat:impacts of the different urban materials were then modelled A city innovation lab isnt a facility with highly controlled in Revit software. This approach reveals the considerableconditions, high-tech equipment, and scientists in white modifications and climate mitigation possible working withcoats.The laboratory is the entire city, the complex, existing urban forms and patterns and is important for citiesreal urban world with its messy swarms of businesses, locked-in to existing built spatial configurations. Furthergovernments, and organizations; urban systems; shadow analysis demonstrates which areas are sheltered byideas, interests, and politics; built infrastructure, natural the sun during the summer. The importance of street treesecosystems, economic sectors; and, of course, all manner of to provide continuous shaded passages for active transportpeople and groupings.are paramount. Finally, wind analyses show which areas areBy joining this global conversation initiated by the open to cooling north-easterly winds or exposed to heatingInternational Geodesign Collaboration, UNSW demonstrates south-westerly winds. Such analysis can help providethe experimental educational design approach necessary data for urban modifications to mitigate climate and urbanfor Sydney to confront inaction and to promote cooperative radiation. action. UNSW Sydneys urban development and design program demonstrates the thought leadership necessary Conclusion: Networks of Pioneering Climate Sensitiveto become an innovation exporter rather than a business Cities as usual backwater focused on outmoded 20th century Pioneering cities around the world are forging aheadeconomics.with catalytic interventions that designate them as earlyMore than fifty years after it was first promised in 1946 adopters or urban climate innovation laboratories. TheSydneys second airport will be built. By 2026 the first stage Carbon Neutral Cities Alliance, Low Carbon Cities, C40,of Western Sydney Airport will be complete, and residents the Compact of Mayors, Climate Mayors, Energy Citieswill be able to fly into and out of a major airport at Badgerys and other forums demonstrate the potential for innovativeCreek. However, this will be a moot point unless Western networks, outside of conventional alliances, to advanceSydneys increasingly hostile climate is addressed .global climate policy for cities. Some local councils in Referencesmetropolitan Sydney are already participating in this globalIGC. (2019). Int Geodesign Collab | IGC Overview. Retrieved January 30, 2019, network and promoting change in a localized way. Thesefrom https://www.envizz1.com/igc-overviewKatzschner, L., Burghardt, R., Kupski, S., & Campe, S. (2016). Urban Climate.6268knowledge innovation networks demonstrate that in theIn A. Katzschner, M. Waibel, D. Schwede, L. Katzschner, M. 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Ecological Infrastructure Leads the Way: The Negative Approach and Landscape Urbanism for Smart Preservation and Smart Growth. In M. buildings, and waste management can be de-carbonizeRichter & U. Weiland (Eds.), Applied Urban Ecology: A Global Framework (pp. and future proofed for climatic shocks. Extreme storms,152169). Chichester, West Sussex; Hoboken, N.J.: Wiley-Blackwell.Master of Urban Development & Design 2018-2019Introduction studio 2 8pt.indd 7 26/11/2019 4:59:32 PM'