Binational Resilience Initiative
Collection: CaliforniaA community-driven Cali Baja fund advancing high-impact projects across political boundaries.
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Oceanside, California
RE:BEACH Oceanside
Restoring and retaining sand through global design innovation, community leadership, and science-based coastal resilience.
Australia
Resilient Communities Framework
RCC developed the Resilient Communities Framework and accompanying tools, in partnership with the Minderoo Foundation, to identify priorities, facilitate alignment, and catalyze practice for building resilience at a community level; the Resilience Canopy now carries the work to communities across Australia.
Canada
Climate Ready Infrastructure Service
A partnership with the Canadian Urban Institute that connects Canadian municipal and Indigenous governments with the technical expertise they need to design low-carbon and climate resilient infrastructure projects. Since December 2024, the 130+ CRIS Roster firms have prepared project-level climate assessments and pre-feasibility designs for more than 300 infrastructure projects.
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California
California
Advancing implementation-ready climate resilience across California through regional partnerships and catalytic investment.
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- California Resilience Partnership
- California Resilience Implementation Accelerator
- California Coastal Accelerator
- Goleta Slough Resilience Project Acceleration
- Los Angeles Wildfire Resilient Recovery
- RE:BEACH Oceanside
- Resilience Districts Incubator
- California Project Preparation Initiative
- Binational Resilience Initiative
- Mediterranean Climate Action Partnership
SBCRP
Collection in development
Small Business Climate Resilience Partnership (SBCRP)
Project collection coming soon.
Project Directory
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27 projects
California
Advancing implementation-ready climate resilience across California through regional partnerships and catalytic investment.
California Coastal Accelerator
Collection: CaliforniaA five-community cohort advancing coastal resilience projects while sharing tools, evidence and policy lessons statewide.
California Project Preparation Initiative
Collection: CaliforniaHelping equitable, climate-resilient infrastructure projects overcome barriers and compete for public and private investment.
California Resilience Implementation Accelerator
Collection: CaliforniaAdvancing high-impact, multi-benefit projects for historically marginalized and climate-vulnerable California communities.
California Resilience Partnership
Collection: CaliforniaAdvancing implementation-ready climate resilience across California through regional partnerships and catalytic investment.
Chatham County Resilience Roadmap
Resilient Cities Catalyst partnered with Chatham County and Georgia Conservancy through the Climate Smart Communities Initiative to co-develop an ambitious, forward-looking agenda that lays the foundation for a stronger, more resilient future for the County. By articulating a…
Cities Forward
The Cities Forward program was a collaborative partnership of Resilient Cities Catalyst, the U.S. Department of State, ICLEI-Local Governments for Sustainability, and The Institute of the Americas. From 2023 to 2025, it provided peer-to-peer exchange, training and technical…
Climate Ready Infrastructure Service
A partnership with the Canadian Urban Institute that connects Canadian municipal and Indigenous governments with the technical expertise they need to design low-carbon and climate resilient infrastructure projects. Since December 2024, the 130+ CRIS Roster firms have prepared…
Coastal Georgia & South Carolina Resilience Accelerators
Beginning with participation in the Geos Institute's Climate Ready America program, RCC has partnered with "Navigator Organizations" and five communities in South Carolina and Georgia to deliver Resilience Accelerator Workshops designed to help governments and their partners align…
Developing an International Standard for Climate Resilience Project Preparation
RCC and the Gold Standard Foundation developed and piloted a framework and assessment tool for local climate resilience projects.
Flood Early Warning Systems & Risk Reduction in Montego Bay, Jamaica
Three sensor-based early warning systems aim to reduce flood risk in central Montego Bay.
Garment District Economic Resilience
Working hand-in-hand with the Garment District Alliance (GDA) leadership team on the design and oversight of the Business Development Collaborative (BDC), a multi-year, multi-million dollar initiative to improve the economic vitality and quality of life in the Garment…
Goleta Slough Resilience Project Acceleration
Collection: CaliforniaAdvancing community-supported projects that protect the Goleta Slough ecosystem, infrastructure and surrounding communities.
Kashmere Gardens Resilience Hub
Co-designing and activating Houston's first Resilience Hub in partnership with local government and community leaders.
Los Angeles Wildfire Resilient Recovery
Collection: CaliforniaResearch-backed strategies for an equitable recovery from the Eaton and Palisades fires and stronger preparation for future events.
Mediterranean Climate Action Partnership (MCAP)
Collection: CaliforniaConnecting regions across five continents to accelerate climate adaptation and resilience to drought, wildfire, and extreme heat.
Neighborhood Economic Resilience Assessments & Recovery Planning
To support communities and municipalities to build economic resilience, RCC began implementing Neighborhood Economic Resilience Assessments in mid-2020. These assessments provide a data-rich evidence base that has been used by community leaders and governments to prioritize community-level actions,…
Pittsburgh Urban Tree Canopy Initiative
Between 2023 and 2025, Resilient Cities Catalyst partnered with the City of Pittsburgh on a project funded by Google.org via ICLEI USA's Climate Action Fund to develop a data-driven, replicable approach for urban forest management that maximizes climate…
RE:BEACH Oceanside
Collection: CaliforniaRestoring and retaining sand through global design innovation, community leadership, and science-based coastal resilience.
Resilience Districts Incubator
Collection: CaliforniaHelping communities test durable local financing and governance models for long-term resilience investment.
Resilient Austin Playbook
Helping move the City from vision to implementation on priority economic and climate resilience initiatives.
Resilient Communities Framework
RCC developed the Resilient Communities Framework and accompanying tools, in partnership with the Minderoo Foundation, to identify priorities, facilitate alignment, and catalyze practice for building resilience at a community level; the Resilience Canopy now carries the work to…
Resilient Grand Bahama
Turning storm recovery into a development framework, with a resilience hub and resilient housing as its first projects.
Tampa Neighborhood Heat Resilience
Resilient Cities Catalyst has partnered with the City of Tampa since 2020. Our work in Tampa spans across scales, from shaping the citywide resilience agenda through the Resilient Tampa Roadmap (2021) and Heat Resilience Playbook (2024) to focusing…
Western North Carolina Flood Recovery Funding
A funder briefing built from interviews with community organizations across the flood-affected region.
Yolo Food Hub Network
Now facilitating local food sales to regional university, public schools, commercial grocers, and the regional food bank.
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