City and Local

As centers of population and energy use, cities generate a majority of our climate emissions. Local governments play a critical role in reducing emissions and in making communities resilient to climate change.

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Targeted policies to address extreme heat in the United States
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The Climate Resilience-Economy Nexus: Advancing Common Goals

Communities across the United States are experiencing increasingly severe and frequent floods, wildfires, extreme heat, and other hazards due to climate change. These hazards are impacting local economies by damaging critical infrastructure and commercial districts, disrupting business operations, reducing municipal …

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Climate Resilience: Demonstrating the Nexus for Growth
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Resolving a plastic-free lifestyle? Here’s what I learned…
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Equity in Resilience: Building Capacity to Prepare for and Recover from Wildfires
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A Federal Policy Action Plan to Accelerate Local Climate Resilience

Communities across the United States are facing catastrophic extreme weather events that are growing in intensity and frequency due to climate change. Improving climate resilience can alleviate the impact of these events, but federal policies and programs fall short of …

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Accelerating Local Climate Resilience: Building the Case for Strong Federal Support
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Equity in Resilience: Planning for hurricanes
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Equity in Resilience: Addressing the unequal health impacts of extreme heat
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Record drought underscores need for Western water resilience