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In the Arthur D. Little Volume "We're Doomed, Now What: Finding the Way Through Climate Change Adaptation Technologies."

Includes strategic and technology solutions for extreme heat mitigation.

In Volume "What's Possible: Investing Now for Prosperous Sustainable Neighborhoods
Invited contributor, co-authoring the chapter on Climate Resilience: The Next Frontier for Community Development.

Top recommendations:

Emphasize actions to improve health outcomes

Overcome messaging barriers to those at greatest risk

Tailor specific messaging in terms of location, severity, language

Expand the network of trusted intermediaries disseminating messages to include, medical professionals, social workers, and faith leaders

Issue heat-related communication sooner

Global construction materials company CEMEX developed its market-based "Patrimonio Hoy" solution to meet the housing needs of vulnerable families in urban and semi-urban areas, combining resilient and sustainable building with a savings program to improve communities and families’ quality of life. Given growing climate change impacts, the expansion of this program can help fill the climate resilience gaps that exist throughout the world. This case study describes this innovative housing… Show more

Global construction materials company CEMEX developed its market-based "Patrimonio Hoy" solution to meet the housing needs of vulnerable families in urban and semi-urban areas, combining resilient and sustainable building with a savings program to improve communities and families’ quality of life. Given growing climate change impacts, the expansion of this program can help fill the climate resilience gaps that exist throughout the world. This case study describes this innovative housing solution, how it creates impactful climate resilience, and what paths CEMEX and Patrimonio Hoy might take going forward. Show less

Private capital is needed to invest in climate adaptation infrastructure as extreme weather events like fires and floods become more acute by the year. Public funding isn’t enough to meet the investment needs for adapting Canadian infrastructure to climate change.

The challenge is particularly acute for municipalities, which have limited resources and capacity to address the effects of climate change on Canada's public infrastructure despite owning and operating almost two-thirds of it… Show more

Private capital is needed to invest in climate adaptation infrastructure as extreme weather events like fires and floods become more acute by the year. Public funding isn’t enough to meet the investment needs for adapting Canadian infrastructure to climate change.

The challenge is particularly acute for municipalities, which have limited resources and capacity to address the effects of climate change on Canada's public infrastructure despite owning and operating almost two-thirds of it. Report in en français Show less

alks users through ten characteristics to integrate into climate resilience projects to ensure they're ready to receive the funding and finance. Co-created, along with a Technical Guide, by the American Society of Adaptation Professionals. Included in the U.S. Climate Resilience Toolkit, and its “Steps to Resilience” planning framework. https://repository.library.noaa.gov/view/noaa/46459

States must move swiftly to build their resilience to these and other climate impacts. In doing so, they can save billions of dollars and make America’s communities more vibrant, healthy and prosperous.

An update to the 2018 version, the 2021 Governors’ Climate Resilience Playbook outlines 12 foundational steps to set and achieve an effective state-level climate resilience agenda

Equip affordable housing owners and operators with tools, actionable strategies and guidance on financing to implement resilience strategies in their buildings.

What financial strategies can state governments use to help local governments invest in climate resilience?
What resources do states have to fund and finance resilience? How can states expand federal pre-disaster funding?
What can states do to enable local governments to raise local funds for resilience projects?
How can private investment in local resilience be increased?

Monthly opeds about climate resilience published by Triple Pundit. TriplePundit reports on the intersection of people, planet and profit, focusing on sustainability, corporate social responsibility (CSR) and finance.

The Building Scorecard was created by a team of volunteers for the UN Private Sector Alliance for Disaster Resilient Societies (UN ARISE).
Disaster resilience scorecard for industrial and commercial buildings. For use by building owners, operators and managers. The scorecard is intended as an analysis of overall building resilience by looking beyond issues that are in the immediate control of the building. These include transportation, water and energy infrastructure as well as local… Show more

The Building Scorecard was created by a team of volunteers for the UN Private Sector Alliance for Disaster Resilient Societies (UN ARISE).
Disaster resilience scorecard for industrial and commercial buildings. For use by building owners, operators and managers. The scorecard is intended as an analysis of overall building resilience by looking beyond issues that are in the immediate control of the building. These include transportation, water and energy infrastructure as well as local policy. And, if provides a “resilience agenda” of sorts for when building owners and operations hold discussions with city planners and investors.It includes 10 “essentials” including measures to plan for resilience, measuring future risk scenarios and effective disaster response plans. Show less

“Climate Disasters Hurt the Poor the Most. Here’s What We Can Do About It”

The Principles provide a framework for Climate Resilience Criteria are intended for a wide audience, including but not limited to bond issuers, investors and other stakeholders seeking guidance on:

- The potential range and type of climate resilience investments
- How to define and assess physical climate risks
- How to credibly demonstrate climate resilience outcomes

The Principles provide a framework for Climate Resilience Criteria requiring Certified Climate Bond issuers… Show more

The Principles provide a framework for Climate Resilience Criteria are intended for a wide audience, including but not limited to bond issuers, investors and other stakeholders seeking guidance on:

- The potential range and type of climate resilience investments
- How to define and assess physical climate risks
- How to credibly demonstrate climate resilience outcomes

The Principles provide a framework for Climate Resilience Criteria requiring Certified Climate Bond issuers to go beyond just assessing climate risks. Specifically, issuers must demonstrate that for the assets and activities (re)financed via the bond they:

-Understand the climate risks faced by the asset, activity or system in question;
-Have addressed those risks by undertaking risk-reduction measures and adopting flexible management plans that take account of inherent uncertainties around climate change, ensuring that the asset, activity or system is robust, flexible and fit-for-purpose in the face of that uncertainty;
-Can deliver resilience benefits over and above addressing identified risks (for system-focused investments); and
-Are undertaking regular (re)evaluation of the asset and/or system’s climate resilience performance, adjusting to risk reduction measures over time as needed. Show less

This report by Innovation Network for Communities and Climate Resilience Consulting identifies eight distinct strategies cities are using to pay for large-scale climate-resilience projects, mostly to address sea level rise and flooding. These strategies amount to an initial approach—Playbook 1.0—for deciding who will pay what and how city governments will generate the needed revenue. Our analysis is based on a close look at how eight US cities in seven states have been organizing the funding… Show more

This report by Innovation Network for Communities and Climate Resilience Consulting identifies eight distinct strategies cities are using to pay for large-scale climate-resilience projects, mostly to address sea level rise and flooding. These strategies amount to an initial approach—Playbook 1.0—for deciding who will pay what and how city governments will generate the needed revenue. Our analysis is based on a close look at how eight US cities in seven states have been organizing the funding needed to implement their ambitious climate-resilience plans. They are among a small number of cities that have gotten this far. Show less

Advisory Panel Chair. ULI Panelists provided recommendations to the City of Miami Beach on how to take a more holistic approach beyond the current stormwater strategy, considering upgrades to hard infrastructure, opportunities for green and blue infrastructure, regulatory opportunities, finance, and communications strategy for engaging the public.

Specifically, Promote Safe and Resilient Infrastructure chapter:

-Create a national infrastructure bank to further private investments in resilience
-Improve and align benefit-cost analysis to account for full life-cycle and collateral benefits
-Create a Department of Defense-city infrastructure resilience partnership
-Develop metrics for rating the resilience of infrastructure
-Coordinate efforts of departments and agencies to increase efficiency of disaster response

This report assesses the current state of the climate adaptation field; provides a vision of what a mature, effective field would look like; and recommends steps that should be taken to realize that vision.

The World Economic Forum’s Global Agenda Council on Climate Change’s report, Climate Adaptation: Seizing the Challenge, captures some of the latest thinking in the field of climate adaptation and financing, with the goal of assisting decision-makers in the public and private sectors gain a better understanding of the issue.

Probono lead with the Chicago Region Corporate Sustainability Report Working Group.

The Chicago Climate Action Plan (CCAP), Chicago's roadmap for reducing climate change impacts and adapting to the changes already occurring, relied on rigorous analysis to formulate policy decisions through stakeholder coordination and public engagement. Three key pieces of analysis contributed to Chicago's adaptation strategy: an evaluation of Chicago's higher and lower greenhouse gas emissions scenarios; an assessment of Chicago's economic risk under both emissions scenarios; and a… Show more

The Chicago Climate Action Plan (CCAP), Chicago's roadmap for reducing climate change impacts and adapting to the changes already occurring, relied on rigorous analysis to formulate policy decisions through stakeholder coordination and public engagement. Three key pieces of analysis contributed to Chicago's adaptation strategy: an evaluation of Chicago's higher and lower greenhouse gas emissions scenarios; an assessment of Chicago's economic risk under both emissions scenarios; and a prioritization of potential impacts using a scoring system that included likelihood of occurrence and local consequences of occurrence.

Potential adaptation tactics were categorized according to their expected benefits and costs and led to the creation of working groups to develop action plans that will include primary actors, timelines, budgets, and performance measures that the City will monitor. While not essential for all cities, the impacts analysis was of high value to the adaptation strategy. However, a strategy for stakeholder engagement is crucial in ensuring that the implications of climate impacts are properly understood. Show less

Racial and spatial segregation generates uneven exposure to flood risks and worsens economic and health consequences for BIPOC communities. We developed an integrated set of decision-making tools and resources to center racial justice in urban adaptation