Meet the U.S. Peoples Delegation: Cade Emory Terada Takes Arctic Voices to COP23
ICLEI USA and 350.org are taking a U.S. People’s Delegation to COP23, the 2017 Conference of the Parties organized under the UNFCCC. Below is a message from delegate Cade Emory Terada from Dutch Harbor, AK. COP23 will take place in Bonn, Germany, from November 6-17, 2017 — you can support Cade’s role at the climate talks here. My […]
Climate Adaptation and Community Resilience Work at ICLEI USA
Communities across the U.S. already are facing challenges associated with the impacts of climate change. Extreme weather events, impacts on health and vulnerable communities, and adverse effects to infrastructure and economies strain the social fabric. Since 1997, ICLEI has understood the risks facing communities but also the steps toward resilience, providing technical assistance to cities, […]
Modeling Multi-Stakeholder Resilience Strategies: Lessons from Pittsburgh, PA, and Oakland, CA
View of downtown Pittsburgh, PA, from the Duquesne Incline railroad observation deck. As a 100 Resilient Cities initiative city, Pittsburgh is tackling air quality issues, inequality, flash floods, and infrastructure failure through its resiliency strategy, completed in 2016. Photo by AdobeStock/f11photo A resilient city is prepared to absorb and recover from a shock or stress while […]
The Resilience Dialogues: White House Announces Collaboration to Support Community Climate Resilince
This blog post is shared with permission from The White House Blog, and was originally published October 31, 2016, at www.WhiteHouse.gov. ICLEI USA is proud to be a community-based network working in collaboration with The White House and partners on the Resilience Dialogues. Visit the Resilience Dialogues website to start a dialogue in your community, […]