Curbing Post-Pandemic Traffic
After an initial decline in traffic early on in the pandemic shutdown, we may be just months away from experiencing the most…
Livable Places Update
The Grand Adaptation Challenge: A Reason for Hope
The climate challenges we face are undoubtedly immense. Communities are already facing the devastating impacts of wildfires, extreme heat, drought, and flooding,…
Converging Crises Show the Need for Investment in Regional Resilience
California is facing another year of fires due to the worsening drought. More fires have burned in California so far this year…
Accelerating the Timeline for Climate Action
On the heels of Earth Day last week many reflected on our efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and achieve climate goals.…
Prioritizing Investments to Rebuild a Transformative Future
As state and local governments prepare for stimulus funding and an anticipated infrastructure package, it will be critical to prioritize investments to…
Charging Into 2021
Texas Blackouts Highlight Power Grid Susceptibility to Climate Change More than 4 million homes and businesses saw their electricity shut off as…
A New Dawn: On the Path toward a More Resilient Climate and Community
With a year riddled by unprecedented trials and tribulations behind us, we are beginning to see rays of sunlight shining through the…
Finding Our Way around COVID: Transit and the Future of Resilient Communities
As the COVID-19 pandemic has compelled governments at the local, regional and state level to implement stringent physical-distancing measures, cities have needed…
Wildfires and Watersheds in the Time of COVID
California is simultaneously in the midst of the coronavirus pandemic and the second-worst megadrought in the past 1,200 years.[1] This convergence is…
Driving to all-electric by 2035
As all of California suffers from climate-exacerbated wildfires, Governor Gavin Newsom took an ambitious step in the state’s efforts to address climate…
