COP26 Update: Check out Climate Resilience Consulting’s US CLIMATE ALLIANCE GOVERNORS’ CLIMATE RESILIENCE PLAYBOOK.

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In response to the challenges State government leaders face creating and implementing resilience strategies, we researched and wrote a Summit Foundation-funded report “How State Governments Can Help Communities Invest in Climate Resilience.”

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The challenge of climate resilience is mostly local. But local governments don’t have all of the capacities, including financial wherewithal, to cope alone during the next decades. States have the ability and responsibility to make a difference in building local climate resilience.

They reap the rewards of improved quality of life, reduced disaster impacts and increased economic stability for their constituents.

• What financial strategies can state governments use to help local governments invest in climate resilience?

• What resources do states have to fund and finance resilience? How can states expand federal pre-disaster funding?

• What can states do to enable local governments to raise local funds for resilience projects?

• How can private investment in local resilience be increased?

To ensure the report offers more than the typical “what is resilience and why should I care” we have created a two page State Climate Resilience Action Checklist for your use.

Please see Analysis from a Fall 2020 Survey of State Government Officials

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