White House hosts Building Climate Resilient Communities Summit
Resilience Fund’s Co-Founder David Hertz was invited to participate in the first-ever White House Building Climate Resilient Communities Summit. The Summit took place in the White House in September and emphasized President Biden’s Administration’s commitment to solutions that will dramatically reduce greenhouse gas emissions, better manage climate threats, and recognize the importance of locally tailored, community-driven strategies.
In addition to the Summit, the Administration has released the National Climate Resilience Framework, a vision for a climate resilient Nation designed to guide and align climate resilience investments and activities by the federal government and its partners. According to the official statement, The Framework identifies common principles and specific actions to expand and accelerate progress towards six objectives:
Embed climate resilience into planning and management.
Increase resilience of the built environment to both acute climate shocks and chronic stressors.
Mobilize capital, investment, and innovation to advance climate resilience at scale.
Equip communities with information and resources needed to assess their climate risks and develop the climate resilience solutions most appropriate for them.
Protect and sustainably manage lands and waters to enhance resilience, while providing numerous other benefits.
Help communities become not only more resilient, but also more safe, healthy, equitable, and economically strong.
