Testing new approaches to protect coastal communities
Involving the community, as in Oceanside, California, is key to co-developing long-term resilience for coastal cities battling to save their beaches from rising sea levels and erosion.
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Centering communities in preparing for an uncertain future
Community data is helping Ventura County better support its farmworker communities with services and crisis response that leaves no one behind and builds resilience.
California Learning: leading the world in community resilience
Three films showcase innovative community-led solutions to challenges that will resonate with other communities around the world”with a focus on wildfire, sea level rise, and the global pandemic.
Building resilience to wildfires: a nature-led approach
Nature-based solutions are helping the town of Paradise to protect itself from future fire risks, maintain forest health, and build a more resilient community.
Building Resilience to Wildfires: A Nature-Led Approach
Centering Communities in Preparing for an Uncertain Future
Testing New Approaches to Protect Coastal Communities
Supporting the Race to Resilience at New York Climate Week
Our strategic partners Resilience First, and the International Coalition for Sustainable Infrastructure, that we co-founded, are both announced today as Race to Resilience Partner Initiatives.
Resilience insights from two crises involving power failure
Lessons learned from two different crises – severe winter storm, and wildfires – both involving many impacts and major power outages, show strong parallels.
Rethink the costs of infrastructure to tackle climate change
The Americas leg of the ICE Brunel Lecture International Lecture series addressed recurring construction issues related to extreme weather in the Caribbean, the value of resilience, and shortages of engineers and skills.
Can we deliver net carbon zero? Roundtable debate
As part of the ‘Triennial’ event ‘Planning for Climate Change and the Enhanced Resilience of Civil Infrastructure’ a collaboration by civil engineering organisations ICE, ASCE and CSCE, our own Seth Schultz will be taking part in a debate on delivering net carbon zero, and the role of the engineering community on Tuesday 25th May.
Join Seth Schultz for the Americas stage of the Brunel lecture tour on 19 May
Seth Schultz presents the next stage of the Institution of Civil Engineers’ Brunel International Lecture tour for audiences in The Americas on 19 May 2021 (09:00 PDT, 10:00 MDT, 11:00 CDT, 12:00 EDT, 13:00 BRT, 17:00 BST). Find out more and register.
Championing climate resilience in Congress and at WSP
ICSI Board member, Tom Lewis, contributed to discussions on infrastructure stimulus legislation, and is leading a new focus on climate, resilience and sustainability at WSP.
WFEO climate stories: Canada
The second largest country by area, Canada is starting to feel a range of climate change effects. As part of our WFEO Climate Stories series, curated by ICE, Darrel Danyluk and David Lapp look at the situation in Canada and how you tackle climate change in such a large and diverse landmass, and why local responses are key.
Seizing the Urban Opportunity – report launched
The new report, Seizing the Urban Opportunity, supported by The Resilience Shift, demonstrates through the lens of six of the world’s largest economies – China, India, Indonesia, Brazil, Mexico and South Africa – how national governments have a central role to play in unlocking the enormous potential of cities.
Fostering Resilience-oriented thinking in Engineering Practice
The results of roundtable discussions convened by Resilience Shift to discuss the resilience of critical infrastructure systems have been published in a paper in the Engineering Sustainability Journal of the Institution of Civil Engineering
Greening the grey in Washington DC – a resilience success story
This pioneering project using green infrastructure to build resilience has upgraded Washington DC’s combined sewer system and is the US’s capital’s largest infrastructure project in decades
Greening the grey in Washington DC: a resilience success story