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C2ES Again Ranks Among World’s Top Environmental Think Tanks
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Maximizing Benefits: Strategies for Community Resilience

American communities are facing growing and shifting climate risks. The evidence is in the growing costs of disasters which soared to more than $300 billion in 2017, breaking 2005’s record of $219 billion, according to NOAA data. Underlying these headline-making …

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Key Insights into Prioritizing Resilience Strategies

Governments and businesses are acting to promote resilience to climate change impacts. However, resilience planning does not occur in a vacuum. Organizations have multiple goals, including satisfying stakeholders, meeting sustainability objectives, addressing traditional pollution issues, and advancing social equity—and they …

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Greening City Fleets
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Energy Efficient Cities: Lessons from Public – Private Initiatives
Students ‘Envision Charlotte’ as an energy efficiency leader
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Making the 2019 Climate Leadership Conference the best yet
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GCAS sheds light on power purchase agreements
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Buying Clean Electricity: How Cities Benefit from Power Purchase Agreements

A growing number of cities are pursuing actions to reduce their carbon footprint. One of the most straightforward ways to do this is by reducing the carbon intensity of electricity, and as a result, cities are expressing increasing interest in …

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Florence Highlights Coastal Resilience Planning