Laura Brush Archives - Center for Climate and Energy Solutions https://www.c2es.org/profile/laura-brush/ Our mission is to secure a safe and stable climate by accelerating the global transition to net-zero greenhouse gas emissions and a thriving, just, and resilient economy. Wed, 07 Dec 2022 18:57:32 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.3.2 https://www.c2es.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/cropped-C2ESfavicon-32x32.png Laura Brush Archives - Center for Climate and Energy Solutions https://www.c2es.org/profile/laura-brush/ 32 32 Major companies invest in building local climate resilience https://www.c2es.org/2022/10/major-companies-invest-in-building-local-climate-resilience/ https://www.c2es.org/2022/10/major-companies-invest-in-building-local-climate-resilience/#respond Tue, 11 Oct 2022 20:51:16 +0000 https://www.c2es.org/?p=15462 The post Major companies invest in building local climate resilience appeared first on Center for Climate and Energy Solutions.

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]]> https://www.c2es.org/2022/10/major-companies-invest-in-building-local-climate-resilience/feed/ 0 An Emerging Blueprint for Companies: Strategies to Advance Local Climate Resilience https://www.c2es.org/document/an-emerging-blueprint-for-companies-strategies-to-advance-local-climate-resilience/ Wed, 21 Sep 2022 10:45:07 +0000 https://www.c2es.org/?post_type=document&p=15388 Climate change-fueled extreme weather and climate impacts take their toll on communities throughout the United States and on the companies that anchor them. Given the scale of threats facing communities and businesses, it is critical that private sector fully activate resources to address this challenge. In response, major companies are developing strategies to build resilience […]

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]]> Climate change-fueled extreme weather and climate impacts take their toll on communities throughout the United States and on the companies that anchor them. Given the scale of threats facing communities and businesses, it is critical that private sector fully activate resources to address this challenge. In response, major companies are developing strategies to build resilience to climate impacts in the places where they operate, employ, and maintain supply chains.

This brief, An Emerging Blueprint for Companies: Strategies to Advance Local Climate Resilience, outlines how corporate resources, funding, and expertise can make a difference.

It identifies seven leadership strategies that companies are already using to help communities across the country assess climate risks, build local capacity, and accelerate resilience projects.

Corporate Strategies to Advance Community Climate Resilience

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]]> The Inflation Reduction Act: A step toward strengthening resilience to drought https://www.c2es.org/2022/08/the-inflation-reduction-act-a-step-toward-strengthening-resilience-to-drought/ https://www.c2es.org/2022/08/the-inflation-reduction-act-a-step-toward-strengthening-resilience-to-drought/#respond Thu, 25 Aug 2022 15:26:13 +0000 https://www.c2es.org/?p=15332 The post The Inflation Reduction Act: A step toward strengthening resilience to drought appeared first on Center for Climate and Energy Solutions.

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]]> https://www.c2es.org/2022/08/the-inflation-reduction-act-a-step-toward-strengthening-resilience-to-drought/feed/ 0 Targeted policies to address extreme heat in the United States https://www.c2es.org/2022/07/targeted-policies-to-address-extreme-heat-in-the-united-states/ https://www.c2es.org/2022/07/targeted-policies-to-address-extreme-heat-in-the-united-states/#respond Thu, 28 Jul 2022 17:06:08 +0000 https://www.c2es.org/?p=15211 The post Targeted policies to address extreme heat in the United States appeared first on Center for Climate and Energy Solutions.

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]]> https://www.c2es.org/2022/07/targeted-policies-to-address-extreme-heat-in-the-united-states/feed/ 0 New federal action on forests supports resilient economies https://www.c2es.org/2022/05/new-federal-action-on-forests-supports-resilient-economies/ https://www.c2es.org/2022/05/new-federal-action-on-forests-supports-resilient-economies/#respond Mon, 02 May 2022 17:14:57 +0000 https://www.c2es.org/?p=14954 The post New federal action on forests supports resilient economies appeared first on Center for Climate and Energy Solutions.

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]]> https://www.c2es.org/2022/05/new-federal-action-on-forests-supports-resilient-economies/feed/ 0 The Climate Resilience-Economy Nexus: Advancing Common Goals https://www.c2es.org/document/the-climate-resilience-economy-nexus-advancing-common-goals/ Tue, 19 Apr 2022 15:20:50 +0000 https://www.c2es.org/?post_type=document&p=14849 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 budgets, threatening worker safety, and reducing housing supply and affordability, among other impacts. Economic development […]

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]]> 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 budgets, threatening worker safety, and reducing housing supply and affordability, among other impacts. Economic development strategies can help address these risks and create new economic opportunities, but to be effective over the long-term, they need to plan for a changing climate. Similarly, incorporating economic development considerations into climate resilience-focused efforts can unlock new benefits of resilience and meet emerging needs for it. However, prior C2ES research found that integrated planning between these two disciplines at the local and regional levels is uncommon.

This report seeks to address this gap by identifying areas where economic development and climate resilience can achieve common goals and by exploring on-the-ground projects where innovative actions at this nexus are already being taken. Common goals that advance both climate resilience and economic development include: creating climate resilient development and infrastructure projects, maximizing economic benefits in climate resilience initiatives, developing the climate-ready workforce, recruiting and developing a business community that offers climate resilience solutions, and focusing climate resilience and economic development efforts on low-income and marginalized communities, among others. A number of tools commonly used in both economic development and climate resilience, such as infrastructure investments, local policies, and public-private partnerships, can be used to work toward these outcomes. We explore these goals and strategies through case studies of seven cities around the United States that are advancing this collaborative approach, serving as models for other communities experiencing similar climate impacts and risks. We spotlight two of these projects that are centering equity in broader resilience and economic development efforts. Finally, we provide recommendations to governments and the private sector to better support this type of action.

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]]> Early cherry blossom peak is a gentle, but serious, warning on climate change https://www.c2es.org/2022/03/early-cherry-blossom-peak-is-a-gentle-but-serious-warning-on-climate-change/ https://www.c2es.org/2022/03/early-cherry-blossom-peak-is-a-gentle-but-serious-warning-on-climate-change/#respond Tue, 22 Mar 2022 16:51:16 +0000 https://www.c2es.org/?p=14763 The post Early cherry blossom peak is a gentle, but serious, warning on climate change appeared first on Center for Climate and Energy Solutions.

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]]> https://www.c2es.org/2022/03/early-cherry-blossom-peak-is-a-gentle-but-serious-warning-on-climate-change/feed/ 0 Build Back Better for Climate and Energy https://www.c2es.org/2021/12/build-back-better-for-climate-and-energy/ https://www.c2es.org/2021/12/build-back-better-for-climate-and-energy/#respond Thu, 09 Dec 2021 17:30:11 +0000 https://www.c2es.org/?p=14259 The post Build Back Better for Climate and Energy appeared first on Center for Climate and Energy Solutions.

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]]> https://www.c2es.org/2021/12/build-back-better-for-climate-and-energy/feed/ 0 A Federal Policy Action Plan to Accelerate Local Climate Resilience https://www.c2es.org/document/a-federal-policy-action-plan-to-accelerate-local-climate-resilience/ Tue, 05 Oct 2021 12:00:16 +0000 https://www.c2es.org/?post_type=document&p=13703 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 supporting the level of action needed to help communities overcome planning and implementation challenges. This […]

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]]> 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 supporting the level of action needed to help communities overcome planning and implementation challenges. This brief provides an action plan for how the federal government can accelerate local climate resilience. This plan includes: working effectively and strategically to administer government resources; providing leadership to address gaps and drive the direction of resilience action; addressing inequities that put low-income and marginalized communities at higher risk; and acting as a strong partner to catalyze resilience action by local, tribal, and state governments and the private sector.

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]]> Record drought underscores need for Western water resilience https://www.c2es.org/2021/07/record-drought-underscores-need-for-western-water-resilience/ https://www.c2es.org/2021/07/record-drought-underscores-need-for-western-water-resilience/#respond Tue, 27 Jul 2021 16:24:30 +0000 https://www.c2es.org/?p=13381 The post Record drought underscores need for Western water resilience appeared first on Center for Climate and Energy Solutions.

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