Is Your Community Resilient
to Climate Changes?
We work with clients to adapt to climate change, enabling resilience in markets and communities.
We provide insight to prevent the avoidable and manage the unpreventable in the era of climate change. We are climate resilience pioneers. For over two decades, our projects have allowed leaders to make resilient choices, increasing prosperity while mitigating risks.
Climate resilience is required to curb the growing costs and human toll of climate change. Losses due to weather-related events have increased nearly ten-fold over the last 40 years, from a ten-year global average of USD 12 billion in 1980 to USD 119 billion today. And lower-resourced communities face the greatest threats.
Working with Climate Resilience Consulting, you can save lives, enhance livelihoods, and save money amid climate disruption. We can help you understand how climate change will affect you, strategize how to adapt, and implement projects effectively.
Resilience Hub Planning and Design
CRC has collaborated with over 20 community-based organizations nationwide to lead resilience hub design and budgeting projects. These hubs are essential community-serving facilities that support residents, coordinate resource distribution, and enhance community cohesion before, during, and after natural hazard events.
Building upon the insights from these initiatives, CRC partnered with several organizations to create the Resilience Hub Planning and Design Compendium. This comprehensive resource delves into the necessity of resilience hubs, their functions, target populations, essential requirements, and actionable steps for their development. The compendium features seven detailed case studies, offering practical examples and lessons.
Featured Projects
Guidance for Philanthropy
In summer and fall 2024, CRC collaborated with the David and Lucile Packard Foundation and Dr. Susanne Moser Research and Consulting to update the landmark 2017 report on the state of U.S. climate adaptation, Rising to the Challenge, Together. The 2024 material provides a strategic framework to guide philanthropic investments in scaling climate resilience efforts.
Drawing on research, interviews, and expert insights, the multiple reports we created for this project outline transformative actions and principles for philanthropy to drive impactful, long-term resilience-building initiatives through targeted funding and collaboration. The primary report was delivered to the White House as part of the 2024/2025 Presidential transition.
Bolstering Resilience in Land Use Planning
The U.S. Climate Alliance, in collaboration with Climate Resilience Consulting and Smart Growth America, has unveiled a new resource, "Climate and Land Use Planning: A Policy Guide for U.S. States and Territories," aimed at helping states use and manage lands in ways that reduce climate pollution and build greater resilience to climate impacts.
This guide emphasizes the importance of land use planning in reducing GHG emissions, sequestering carbon, and improving climate resilience. The guide showcases successful land use policies from various states, demonstrating the potential for transformative impact on communities and ecosystems.
Explore our Focus on Three Aspects of Resilience
We work with you to prioritize your resources, enhance your investments, and build resilient institutions.
STRATEGY
Our strategy work focuses on resilience success through transformative policy change, infrastructure improvements, and vibrant partnerships. Over a decade ago, we created one of the world’s first resilience strategies and we lead advisory groups, offer training, and perform research for strategy success.
IMPLEMENTATION
CRC specializes in supporting communities and institutions to turn their plans for resilience into outcomes. With expertise in project finance, action planning, and governance we provide training, one-to-one coaching, and engagement and collaboration building support to turn resilience ideas into reality.
THOUGHT LEADERSHIP
CRC helps to tackle critical climate challenges by delivering innovative solutions and actionable insights. Our work identifies and addresses emerging climate risks, equipping organizations with the tools needed to adapt and thrive, and simplifying complex concepts to empower stakeholders and drive action.