Extreme weather events are causing suffering around the world. Multisolving solutions that target both climate change and flood risk can help. Last week, we heard news of massive floods causing …
Want to See US Climate Progress? Support City and State Leaders and the Grassroots Groups Who Hold Them Accountable
Less than a week after President Trump announced the United States’ withdrawal from the Paris Climate Agreement, cities and states across the US have adopted the goals of the agreement as their own. …
The Water Protectors at Standing Rock Show a Courageous Face of Multisolving
Standing up to keep fossil fuels in the ground, and to protect water, culture, and indigenous rights is multisolving. Multisolving – the search for systemic solutions that protect the climate while …
Putting Equity at the Center of the Fight to Protect the Climate: Five practical lessons
Fostering effective, inclusive collaboration can be a powerful leverage point for addressing climate change, but it requires a focus on relationships, values, and a bigger picture. Some of the most …
How To Ensure that Everyone Has Access to Affordable, Clean Energy
Although it might sound contradictory, it is possible to both reduce carbon emissions and improve access to affordable energy. Below is a collection of resources to help us multisolve and accomplish …
How To Create Good Jobs at Fair Wages – And Help the Climate
Transitioning away from fossil fuels to renewable energy is a way to both mitigate climate change and create jobs. We are collecting resources to spread the word and help this process benefit as many …
FLOWER – A Simple Tool for Groups to Develop Climate Solutions with Multiple Benefits
Projects that protect the climate can also boost well-being, equity, or resilience. But for groups of stakeholders with limited time and many complex goals and constraints it can be challenging to …
Six Opportunities to Benefit Children’s Health and the Climate
As climate change worsens, health risks increase. Less well recognized is the converse - many of the attitudes and actions that protect the climate of the future also help improve health today. Here …
Beth Sawin on how City Efforts can Improve our Climate
Yesterday, Climate Interactive Co-Director Beth Sawin took some time away from the Paris COP meetings to join a panel on the San Francisco radio show Your Call discussing the roles cities can play in …
Why We Multisolve – Emphasizing Co-Benefits in Addressing Climate Change
Policies that work to mitigate climate change can also produce other co-benefits. For example, planting trees in urban areas sequesters carbon dioxide emissions while simultaneously reducing air …
The Skills and Approaches of Multisolvers: Our Research Agenda at COP-21
What is the secret ingredient behind some of the most innovative and promising approaches to climate change, approaches that protect the climate for the long term while increasing health, well-being …
Covid-19 Sucks. But It Could Teach Us How to Avoid the Worst Consequences of Climate Change.
Cross posted on Resilience.org with permission. A devastating problem crops up. Not any old problem, but one that grows exponentially. We can cope with this problem, to some extent, …