Climate Change

This report explores strategies and policies for climate resiliency in urban areas, focusing on social equity. It redefines climate resilience as integrating climate change mitigation, adaptation, and a deep democracy approach that puts frontline communities at the center of climate action. And it explores six strategic pathways where efforts can advance climate action: 

• Build Power, Expand Democracy, Increase Community Voice and Transform Place; 
• Craft a Narrative Strategy that Moves the Message and Builds the Climate Resilience Constituency; 
• Create a New Economy for the New Climate Reality; 
• Advance the Climate Resilience Legal and Policy Agenda; 
• Strengthen Regionalism and Bioregional Identity; and 
• Align and Expand Movement Infrastructure Building.