Advancing Sustainable
and Resilient Urban Communities
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Across the U.S., we are working with municipal and community leaders, companies, and nonprofits to accelerate climate and sustainability solutions for counties, urban regions, cities, and neighborhoods – with a particular focus on the most vulnerable communities and populations. LEARN MORE.
Equity and Smart Mobility
Transportation is the single biggest contributor of greenhouse gas emissions ...
Community-Driven Resilience
We help communities and cities increase their resilience through community-driven efforts led by local leaders. Together, we develop a complete picture of the social, environmental, and economic threats they face; engage with local organizations and individuals who share the threat; learn about best practices; and then implement locally-led solutions that tackle immediate problems while strengthening the community overall. Learn more.
Clean Energy Cities
As our global community strives for 100% renewable energy by 2050, we’re helping cities throughout the United States lead the way in this transition toward a clean energy economy for all. Learn more.
Regional Climate Action
We work with cities and local government to assess, prioritize, and tackle the local impacts of climate change, from strained water supplies and increased air pollution, to extreme weather and degraded coastlines. Learn more.
Featured Items
Peer-learning, training and technical assistance services to help local leaders advance, accelerate and scale-up sustainability initiatives. See more.
Our Lives, Our People, Our Communities: Advancing Climate Resilience for Equity and Opportunity
2020 Peer-learning event for PRC planning phase cohort, and Upper Texas Gulf Coast Regional Resilience Initiative grantees.
Regional Collaboratives for Climate Change – A State of the Art
Bound together by a shared focus on place, Regional Climate Collaboratives (RCCs), are harnessing the power of networks to build resilience to climate impacts and, in some cases, to reduce the emissions driving those impacts.
Preparing for Wildfire in Puget Sound
The possibility that a large wildfire could occur in the forests on the highly urbanized west side of Washington State’s Cascade Mountains is currently a remote, but real, possibility that grows every year as the region’s population increases, and our climate changes.
Launching Greater Houston Regional Resilience Initiative
ISC is excited to announce the launch of a new initiative that will create practical, community-led solutions to direct, accelerate, and streamline existing recovery and resilience efforts in Houston.
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We provide technical assistance, and build the capacity of communities to advance, accelerate and scale-up local solutions to the global challenges of climate protection and sustainable development, by designing and delivering exceptional peer-learning and training workshops.
