Advancing Sustainable
and Resilient Urban Communities
Featured Solutions
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.
Regional Collaboratives for Climate Change – A State of the Art
Regional Collaboratives for Climate Change - A State of the Art is t...
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.
Leading with Equity: Communities Working Toward Resilience
After three powerful, and transformational days in Chicago with Partnership for Resilient Communities teams from across the country, ISC staff talk about four key ways to infuse sustainability and climate work with equity.
3 Lessons for Building Community Resilience to Severe Storms
In the wake of Hurricanes Florence and Michael, ISC's Miami-based Sr. Program Officer Lauren Ordway shares three lessons from our work building regional resilience in Southeast Florida, which could be used to strengthen communities in the face of storms.
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.
Resilient Solar: Powering and Empowering Communities
This publication shares the stories of trailblazing resilient solar projects in New York City, Baltimore, Duluth, and San Francisco, and connects readers to tools, resources, and lessons learned that they can put to use in their own communities.
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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.
