Interview: Jessica Grannis on Climate Resilience & Planning for a Warmer World
Georgetown’s Jessica Grannis works with cities and states on the legal aspects of adapting to the impacts of climate change…
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Choosing Hope in New Orleans
In 2006, six months after Hurricane Katrina devastated New Orleans, I toured the city’s decaying wreckage with a delegation of national environmental leaders. Gruesome reminders were everywhere in the Lower Ninth Ward. On the walls of the remaining houses were spray-painted numbers, indicating how many dead bodies had been found inside. After walking the destroyed […]
Bounce Forward
In an era rocked by severe weather events and other disruptions, our cities must be resilient to survive and thrive. But what does that mean, exactly? A new report, Bounce Forward: Urban Resilience in the Era of Climate Change, sets out to answer that question. Bounce Forward was prepared by the Island Press Urban Resilience […]
The Making of an Energy Ghetto
The clean-energy revolution is underway, and so is the war against it. As with every other major economic transition, this battle will have winners and losers. For low-income communities of color, the stakes are especially high: Will they reap the benefits of the emerging clean-energy economy or will they be locked into energy ghettos? Here’s […]