Resilient Sydney has launched Greater Sydney’s second resilience strategy alongside NSW Minister for Recovery, the Hon. Janelle Saffin MP, Greater Sydney Mayors, and resilience leaders.

Launched on 29^th April, Resilient Sydney Strategy 2025 – 2030 has been developed in partnership with 33 Greater Sydney councils, communities and other stakeholders.

The strategy outlines 30 actions and 5 directions to build the capacity of communities, institutions, businesses and systems to survive, adapt and thrive in the face of chronic stresses and acute shocks. Directions include:

1. Care for our environment: a city where we care for the environment and live sustainably
2. People-centred city: an equitable city with climate resilient neighbourhoods
3. Connect for strength: an inclusive city that supports social connections and community agency
4. Be ready: a city where people and organisations are prepared for shock events
5. One city: a city with coordinated governance that people trust.

Direction 2, Action 10 of the Strategy identifies delivery of the Heat Smart City Plan as a key priority for Greater Sydney over the next 5 years.

The Strategy is based on a resilience risk assessment and extensive engagement with communities, councils and other organisations. This included workshops and interviews with more than 200 stakeholders, 10 community engagement workshops and an online survey with 1,501 responses.  

Throughout the Strategy’s development, Resilient Sydney engaged with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, held 5 youth workshops and 5 multicultural roundtables.

Resilient Sydney is a collaboration of all 33 councils of Greater Sydney.  It has been operating since 2015 and is funded by local government and hosted by the City of Sydney.

The development of the Resilient Sydney Strategy 2025–2030 was funded under the joint Australian Government – NSW Government National Partnership Agreement on Disaster Risk Reduction.

For more information, and to view the Strategy, visit the Resilient Sydney webpage.

ℹ️ This initiative works towards Heat Smart City Plan recommendations:

1. Greater Sydney Heat Taskforce