Ground Me in Resiliency: Community-Driven Climate Planning

Because of redlining, many communities have been unfairly exposed to incompatible, toxic land uses and environmental injustice. These exposures, coupled with increasing climate hazards and reduced state and federal climate funding, require planners to be more strategic with resiliency planning to equitably ensure more sustainable communities.

Presenters relate how increasing exposure to extreme heat, extreme precipitation and flooding, wildfire, drought, and sea level rise have opened opportunities to develop non-traditional approaches to resiliency planning through creative, meaningful engagement. They share best practices for successful data sharing and gap analysis, paid engagement structures between cities and community-based organizations and tribes, and community designed, indigenous, nature-based solutions that address climate hazards with multi-pronged approaches. Share your challenges and hear about alternatives and creative approaches to consider in future opportunities saddled with shrinking resources.

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