Category: Policy

Community Resilience Workshops

Community Resilience Workshops

Community Resilience Workshops

11/22/19

“How can we inform communities about build resilience to climate change?”

 

Everyone from all sectors is talking about building resilience to climate change, whether it be large-scale industrial projects or small technologies. However, it will be communities that will experience the front lines of climate change. As such, people from any part of society will need to learn how to cope with these changes. By holding Community Resilience Workshops inspired by infrastructure resilience workshops, people can learn from experts and each other on the best way to thrive in the new climate paradigm. These can be held as community meetings, door-to-door discussions, or even invited events to religious centers.

Climate-Induced Infrastructure Insurance Divestment

Climate-Induced Infrastructure Insurance Divestment

Climate-Induced Infrastructure Insurance Divestment

11/21/19

“Why are some insurance companies divesting from carbon-intensive projects?”

 

Major infrastructure projects often need insurance to ensure stakeholders that their money is safe. However, some of these activities such as new power plants or gas pipelines are making the planet less safe due to their carbon-intensive nature. As a result, some insurance companies such as Chubb are limiting the amount of non-sustainable projects that they invest in. This Climate-Induced Infrastructure Insurance Divestment is growing exponentially at both the grassroots and systematic level. If you would like to help take action, check out what 350 Colorado has to say.

Wildfire Mitigation

Wildfire Mitigation

Wildfire Mitigation

11/19/19

“How can we mitigate wildfires before they happen?”

 

Wildfires are becoming the bane of every Mediterranean climate resident’s existence. And although emergency management is something necessary to develop, a milligram of prevention is worth a kilogram of cure. By practicing Wildfire Mitigation strategies, such as preventing flammable debris overgrowth, banning fire-inducing items such as cigarettes from dry areas, moving people out of burnable areas, and (in extreme cases) shutting down power lines. This has the potential to save dozens of lives and billions of dollars in property damage.

How to Build Resilience Against Fire-Inducing Winds

How to Build Resilience Against Fire-Inducing Winds

How to Build Resilience Against Fire-Inducing Winds

11/15/19

“How can we make our communities more resilient against fire-inducing winds?”

 

Strong winds have the potential to induce wildfires in hot dry climates. This threat will only be magnified by the transformed weather conditions induced by climate change. So how can we make our communities more resilient against these fire-inducing winds? Well, there are multiple ways of accomplishing this. First, more accurate weather prediction services can be developed so people can have a better sense of when strong winds are present. Another way is to develop microgrids connected to distributed energy resources to ensure a steady flow of electricity when the main grid has been shut down by the utility. Utilities can also underground transmission lines to insulate them against the effects of strong winds. These are only a few ways that we can think about How to Build Resilience Against Fire-Inducing Winds.

 

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Using Rainwater Harvesting Systems for Resilience

Using Rainwater Harvesting Systems for Resilience

Using Rainwater Harvesting Systems for Resilience

11/13/19

“How can we use rainwater harvesting systems for resilience?”

 

Water parched areas of the world are going to experience more droughts with climate change. To solve this, resilience will need to get built to ensure that communities at risk will not face disaster. Part of this solution will include Using Rainwater Harvesting Systems for Resilience by capturing and storing water that falls from the air.

 

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Why Battery Energy Storage Needs to Be Strategically Placed to Build Flood Resilience

Why Battery Energy Storage Needs to Be Strategically Placed to Build Flood Resilience

Why Battery Energy Storage Needs to Be Strategically Placed to Build Flood Resilience

11/11/19

“Why do we need to strategize battery placement to ensure flood resilience?”

 

Energy storage from batteries is critical for building resilience against blackouts. However, due to its delicate chemistry, even a minor flood could have devastating effects on it. As a result, batteries will need to have strategic placement to stay safe during floods. A few ways to accomplish these include keeping batteries at elevated heights and in floodproof containers. This is Why Battery Energy Storage Needs to Be Strategically Placed to Build Flood Resilience.

 

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Facility Hazard Communications

Facility Hazard Communications

Facility Hazard Communications

11/10/19

“How can we communicate the hazards that a facility may contain?”

 

Facilities have all sorts of hazards, whether it be flammability in a home or the presence of toxic chemicals in a scientific lab. To ensure the safety of everyone who works in and inhabits the building, these dangers must be communicated to them. As a result, facility operators need to set up Facility Hazard Communications that make this information clear to everyone. This can come in the form of the chemical hazard diamond, written warnings, or anything useful that can be thought of!

Resilience Assessment Reports

Resilience Assessment Reports

Resilience Assessment Reports

11/09/19

“How do we write reports assessing the resilience of a particular project?”

 

Governments, municipalities, businesses, and institutions of all kinds have worked on creating climate action plans of all kinds. However, given that resilience requires different focuses than mitigation, is there any way to write plans with this in mind? Well, what if we were to develop assessments that take into account all of the potential threats to an area and prescribes their solutions in a clear and understandable format? This so happens to be the main idea behind the Resilience Assessment Reports that are used as the basis for adaptation plans by institutions all over the world.