Climate After Growth - Read online for free. The nearly ubiquitous belief of our elected officials is that addressing the climate crisis must come second to ensuring economic growth. This is wrongheaded—both because it underestimates the severity of the climate crisis, and because it presupposes that the old economic "normal" of robust growth can be revived. It can't. Written by Post Carbon Institute and Transition Network, this report calls on environmental organizations and policy makers to recognize that we live in an era of new energy, climate, and economic "normals" which force us to adopt a new approach to the challenges which we face. Responding to these "new normals" will require one common strategy: building community resilience. By making community resilience a top priority, environmentalists can offer an alternative to the "growth at all costs" story, one in which taking control of our basic needs locally has multiple benefits. Community resilience-building can create new enterprises and meaningful work, and increase well-being even as GDP inevitably falters. It can reduce greenhouse gas emissions and dependence on fossil fuels, while addressing social and economic inequities. And it can strengthen the social cohesion necessary to withstand periods of crisis.
drm week2.doc - Free download as Word Doc (.doc), PDF File (.pdf), Text File (.txt) or read online for free. This document provides a learning module on exposure and vulnerability from the College of St. John in Roxas City. It includes learning competencies, objectives, definitions of key terms like natural hazard, elements at risk, exposure, vulnerability, capacity, and risk. It also provides lecture notes that further explain these concepts and the relationship between hazards, exposure, and vulnerability in assessing disaster risk. Motivational activities and discussion questions are included to engage learners in applying these concepts.
This event highlights how the data revolution and public-private collaborations for building climate resilience are creating more timely, accessible, user-friendly, and user-customizable data to support decision-making.
Climate resilience projects—such as flood defenses, sustainable agriculture, and advanced water management systems—are critical to mitigating the impacts of climate change. Green bonds are playing a pivotal role in financing these initiatives, providing the capital needed to protect communities from increasingly severe environmental challenges. The urgency for climate adaptation is growing, and green bonds offer a scalable solution to address these needs. By investing in such bonds, stakeholders contribute to a more resilient and sustainable future while achieving financial returns. Curious about how your investments can support climate resilience? Let us guide you through impactful opportunities.
The Financial District and Seaport Climate Resilience Master Plan envisions a 21st century waterfront for Lower Manhattan.
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The Climate Justice Resilience Fund helps women, youth, and indigenous peoples adapt to climate change and build resilience by implementing and scaling sustainable climate solutions. The CJRF supports “bottom-up,” frontline community-led approaches in the Bay of Bengal (India, Bangladesh), East Africa (Kenya, Tanzania), and the Arctic. CJRF grants focus on four issue areas where climate change is likely to heighten existing injustices: water access, livelihood sustainability, food security and food sovereignty, and migration and relocation.
TWO leading foreign development-aid agencies will bolster the capacities of Philippine cities in addressing the effects of climate-induced disruptions. The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) and the Korea International Cooperation Agency (Koica) recently signed a P111.5-million ($2 million) grant partnership agreement to boost the capabilities of the cities…
AECOM Senior Urban Designer Tatum Lau on why it's critical to involve groups of minorities to develop effective solutions.
When it comes to surviving the warming climate, scientists are finding that some plants and animals have an edge. The hope is that these "super adapters" can help preserve their species.
Climate change is projected to redistribute fisheries resources, resulting in tropical regions suffering decreases in seafood production. While sustainably managing marine ecosystems contributes to b...
The New York City Economic Development Corporation (NYCEDC) and the Mayor's Office of Climate Resiliency (MOCR) recently released the Financial District and Seaport Climate Resilience Master Plan.
This research area focuses on climate risk management, addressing questions of how we can improve the resilience of countries, companies and communities to current and future changes to the climate. A multi-disciplinary approach is taken, including from human geography and economics perspectives.
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This brief explores the climate investment opportunity across our built environment and lays out several market principles that federal leaders should consider when rethinking climate finance.
Many resilience strategies require coordinated subarea, regional, or statewide action. A regional partnership may be an effective way to ensure coordination of resilience-building activities, policies, advocacy efforts, research needs, and best practices needed to achieve a climate resilient region. Regardless...
What is resilience? Why is it relevant for agriculture in a changing climate? Report back from the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) 2020 Conference, ‘Building Resilience for Food and Nutrition Security’.
Michael Eliason compiles a list of 26 actions he wishes cities would adopt to build back better and improve livability while adapting to the realities of a rapidly destabilizing climate.
Learn more about how we're working with communities in rural Ghana to implement climate-smart agriculture methods, to prepare smallholder farmers for a changing world
Sam Kernaghan, from Arup's International Development team, discusses a resilience-based approach to climate change in cities, and presents examples from the ...
