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Report | GCC identifies key considerations for establishing a State Chief Resilience Officer
As the human and financial toll of the climate crisis continues to climb, a growing number of jurisdictions are establishing a new role – the Chief Resilience Officer (CRO) – to lead pre-disaster planning and risk...
February 3, 2025
Blog | Leading By Example: Federal Agencies Update their Adaptation Plans
On June 20, 2024, The Biden-Harris Administration announced the release of updated Climate Adaptation Plans developed by 28 federal agencies and departments. The plans “expand agency efforts to ensure their facilities,...
July 31, 2024
As federal policymakers award grant funds to implement climate, clean energy, transportation, and other programs, they have opportunities to remove barriers to the equitable distribution of federal resources. Non-federal...
May 9, 2024
Summary for Policymakers | Unlocking Equitable Access to Grants
Options for Federal Policymakers to Improve Matching Fund Requirements This is a Summary for Policymakers of a longer report released by GCC. Read the full report here. As federal policymakers award grant funds to...
May 9, 2024
Blog | Resilience in Action: Insights from the 2024 Southwest Adaptation Forum
GCC Institite Associate Shapes Padilla (center) listens in as Dr. Karletta Chief, Director of the Indigenous Resilience Center at the University of Arizona, welcomes participants of the 2024 Southwest...
March 28, 2024
Report | Decreasing Flood Risk in the Midwest with Regional Collaborations
New report from GCC and Headwaters Economics: Five case studies offer lessons for local, state, and federal partnerships Every year, flooding causes billions of dollars in damage across the U.S., with devastating losses...
May 24, 2023
GCC and Capital Region Planning Commission share Greauxing Resilience at Home: A Regional Vision
New locally-informed legal, planning, and policy resources for housing and flood resilience Louisiana is one of the hardest-hit areas in the United States as extreme weather events and regular flooding become more...
June 16, 2022
Memo: Opportunities for Climate-Related State Investments
This memorandum provides an overview of funding available to states in the Infrastructure Investments and Jobs Act, and potentially available in the Build Back Better Act, for climate-related investments along with key considerations for states that wish to take full advantage of this historic opportunity.
December 20, 2021
Extreme heat causes more deaths than any other weather-related hazard. This public health threat will only worsen as climate change leads to more frequent and intense heat waves — especially in cities, which often...
June 30, 2021
Housing insecurity and the impacts of climate change are two interrelated issues increasingly affecting cities across the United States. This report provides an overview of how community land trusts (CLTs) can present a solution to help cities mitigate both of these challenges by promoting community ownership and decisionmaking and providing permanently affordable and resilient housing.
January 29, 2021
