The event covered new developments such as the August 2023 letter to NY's governor raising concerns by 38 NY legislators, the bi-partisan letter to the Corps signed by 12 members of Congress from New York and New Jersey in September 2023, and recent action by NY State Dept. of Environmental Conservation. NYS DEC has officially begun a process requiring the Corps to undertake a multi-hazard assessment, engage with waterfront communities through a more substantive public participation process, and supplement their earlier Draft Environmental Impact Statement.
The program was sponsored by the American Institute of Architects New York (AIANY) Chapter's Design for Risk and Reconstruction Committee, and included speakers representing a consortium of 25 organizations who came together during the study under the title of 'Get the NY/NJ Flood Plan Right.'
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Pictured above: South Battery Park City Resiliency Project under construction. Photo by Nautilus International, August 2023
The United Nations 2023 Water Conference brought people from around the world together in New York City to explore global challenges facing water-related sustainability goals in March 2023.
As part of this historic event, the Waterfront Committee of the American Planning Association’s NYMetro Chapter (APA-NYM) and Cornell University’s AAP (Architecture Art Planning) Program co-sponsored a program of three interconnected events on Lower Manhattan resiliency.
As Co-Chair of the APA-NYM Waterfront Committee, Bonnie A. Harken AIA, Nautilus’ President, hosted the overall program, Lower Manhattan Resiliency: Predictions, Progress and Plans. In addition, Ms. Harken led a walking tour of resiliency projects in Lower Manhattan, where Nautilus has been working as part of the AECOM team on the South Battery Park City Resilience Project. For more information, please click here.
As part of the UN 2023 Water Conference official side events, Nautilus' President, Bonnie A. Harken, AIA was honored to speak as a respondent at "Water & Socio-Ecological Justice", a high-level meeting to share insights from the conference and gain support for its Water Action Agenda with action-based initiatives. This event was part of The United Nations of Rivers, Deltas and Estuaries programs on March 23, 2023 at the Center for Architecture, New York. For more information, please click here.
The United Nations of Rivers, Deltas and Estuaries held additional events throughout NY Water Week. Nautilus' President, Bonnie A. Harken, AIA, was also honored to speak at their "Methodological Workshop" on March 19, 2023 at the Bernard & Anne Spitzer School at the City College of New York, CUNY. This event brought together international experts from many different fields to explore the multi-layered challenges of the world’s water bodies. For more information,
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Sharing Water, World Water Forum 8, 2018,
the world's largest water-related conference, focussed on the increasing value of international collaboration around sharing water resources in the face of global climate change.
Nautilus' President, Bonnie A. Harken AIA WEDG, presented work done for the World Water Council in partnership with the government of South Korea at two events co-sponsored by K-water Institute, UNESCO-iWSSM and the World Water Council.
"Water & Green Growth: Accelerating the Green Transition for All" described financial mechanisms to protect watersheds and summarized their case study on Quito, Ecuador pioneering use of water funds.
"Green Transition for Enhancing Water Security for All" illustrated a multi-pronged approach to providing reliable and secure water resources using Nautilus' case study in Gujarat, India,
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