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Putting Real Urban Opportunity–Carbon-Free and Equitable–into Opportunity Zones<\/a><\/h2>\n
\"Pete<\/a> August 30, 2019<\/span> | Finance<\/a>, Renewable Energy<\/a>, Reports<\/a>, Urban Transformation<\/a>
\n by Pete Plastrik<\/a><\/span>\n <\/div>\n \"\"\n

In a report featured in GreenBiz–“Opportunity zones could provide major boost for clean energy, sustainable development”–INC partners Julia Parzen & Graham Richard explain how the federal\u00a0Opportunity Zone program can be leveraged to\u00a0produce gains for communities, investors, and the planet. Julia and Graham chart various innovative ways\u2026
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New INC Report: Playbook 1.0: How Cities Are Paying for Climate Resilience<\/a><\/h2>\n
\"Pete<\/a> July 14, 2019<\/span> | Adaptive Futures<\/a>, Cities<\/a>, Climate Adaptation<\/a>, Finance<\/a>
\n by Pete Plastrik<\/a><\/span>\n <\/div>\n \"\"\n

This report by Innovation Network for Communities and Climate Resilience Consulting identifies eight distinct strategies cities are using to pay for large-scale climate-resilience projects, mostly to address sea level rise and flooding. These strategies amount to an initial approach\u2014Playbook 1.0\u2014for deciding who will pay what and\u2026
read more \u00bb<\/a><\/p>\n\n<\/article><\/span>\n\t\n\t\t

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New INC Report: Can It Happen Here? Improving the Prospect of Managed Retreat by US Cities<\/a><\/h2>\n
\"Pete<\/a> March 18, 2019<\/span> | Adaptive Futures<\/a>, Climate Adaptation<\/a>, Managed Retreat<\/a>, Reports<\/a>, Sea Level Rise<\/a>
\n by Pete Plastrik<\/a><\/span>\n <\/div>\n \"Social\n

This research report provides city government and civic leaders with new reasons to consider the use of managed retreat as a way to strengthen their cities\u2019 climate resilience. As mounting destruction by rising seas, hurricanes, and wildfires drives the dangers of climate change deeper into public\u2026
read more \u00bb<\/a><\/p>\n\n<\/article><\/span>\n\t\n\t\t

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Five Resilience Trends to Watch in 2019<\/a><\/h2>\n
<\/a> February 9, 2019<\/span> | Adaptive Futures<\/a>, Climate Adaptation<\/a>, Guest Blogger<\/a>
\n by Joyce Coffee<\/a><\/span>\n <\/div>\n \"\"\n

Americans depend on our country\u2019s transportation, energy and water supply systems. This infrastructure is under increasing stress as coastal storms, wildfires, drought and sea level rise. And there are countless questions on how to gain the political will, as well as the funds and financing for\u2026
read more \u00bb<\/a><\/p>\n\n<\/article><\/span>\n\t\n\t\t

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“Carbon Free Boston” — How One US City Can Reduce GHG Emissions and Improve Quality of Life<\/a><\/h2>\n
\"Pete<\/a> January 31, 2019<\/span> | Cities<\/a>, Climate Innovation Laboratory Cities<\/a>, Innovation Network for Communities<\/a>, Urban Climate Innovation<\/a>
\n by Pete Plastrik<\/a><\/span>\n <\/div>\n \"\"\n

This new report by the Boston Green Ribbon Commission, staffed by INC’s John Cleveland, analyzes, quantifies, and prioritizes strategies and actions for reducing GHG emissions and\u00a0explicitly\u00a0addresses the potential impacts of different policies on social equity. From the report introduction: “The report\u2019s analysis makes clear the great\u2026
read more \u00bb<\/a><\/p>\n\n<\/article><\/span>\n\t\n\t\t

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Urban Transformation Reader: A Holiday Book List<\/a><\/h2>\n
\"Pete<\/a> December 10, 2018<\/span> | Books<\/a>, Urban Transformation<\/a>
\n by Pete Plastrik<\/a><\/span>\n <\/div>\n \"\"\n

As we researched Life After Carbon, we relied on a number of terrific books for ideas, examples, and inspiration. Here\u2019s our list, with links to Amazon. Also note that according to our book’s Amazon page, customers who bought our book also bought 12 other books including\u2026
read more \u00bb<\/a><\/p>\n\n<\/article><\/span>\n\t\n\t\t

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Making City Decarbonization Real: Boston Uses Rigorous Analysis to Measure and Track Impact of Policies and Strategies<\/a><\/h2>\n
\"John<\/a> December 4, 2018<\/span> | Cities<\/a>, Climate Innovation Laboratory Cities<\/a>, Urban Climate Innovation<\/a>
\n by John Cleveland<\/a><\/span>\n <\/div>\n \"\"\n

The recent IPCC report concludes that to avoid the worst effects of global warming, the entire global economy\u00a0has to plan to reduce emissions by 45% by 2030 and 100% by 2050. These targets are consistent with the targets set by most of the cities we profile\u2026
read more \u00bb<\/a><\/p>\n\n<\/article><\/span>\n\t\n\t\t

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The 30-Year Evolution of Urban Climate Innovation: From Decarbonizing to Co-benefits to Transformation<\/a><\/h2>\n
\"Pete<\/a> December 2, 2018<\/span> | Climate Innovation Laboratory Cities<\/a>, Modern City Model<\/a>, Urban Climate Innovation<\/a>, Urban Transformation<\/a>
\n by Pete Plastrik<\/a><\/span>\n <\/div>\n \"\"\n

The spreading and evolving efforts of cities to reduce GHG emissions have proceeded through three stages in the past three decades: Decarbonizing Emissions, Emphasizing Co-benefits, and Seeking Transformation. In\u00a0Life After Carbon, we describe the emergence of urban transformation. From Chapter 6: As climate innovations proliferate in\u2026
read more \u00bb<\/a><\/p>\n\n<\/article><\/span>\n\t\n\t\t

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Research Report: Toward a Climate Resilience Financial System for US Cities<\/a><\/h2>\n
\"Pete<\/a> December 2, 2018<\/span> | Cities<\/a>, Climate Adaptation<\/a>, Finance<\/a>, Reports<\/a>
\n by Pete Plastrik<\/a><\/span>\n <\/div>\n \"\"\n

Below is a summary of our new research report, produced with partners Cadmus Group LLC and Ramboll. Financial support\u00a0provide by Summit and Kresge Foundations. Full report available here.\u00a0 Purpose This research project\u2019s purpose is to identify ways to accelerate the development and growth of public and\u2026
read more \u00bb<\/a><\/p>\n\n<\/article><\/span>\n\t\n\t\t

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Awakening: Emergence of Climate Leadership from Silent Spring to Inconvenient Truth<\/a><\/h2>\n
\"Pete<\/a> November 25, 2018<\/span> | Books<\/a>, Rebel Alliance<\/a>, Urban Climate Innovation<\/a>
\n by Pete Plastrik<\/a><\/span>\n <\/div>\n \"\"\n

Excerpt from Life After Carbon, chapter 2, “Urban\u00a0Climate Innovation Laboratories”\u00a0 Before climate change arrived in the headlines in the late 1980s,\u00a0the groundwork for climate leadership had been laid. The\u00a0creators of urban climate innovation labs span three overlapping\u00a0generations, each of which experienced its own jolt of awakening\u00a0and\u2026
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Putting Real Urban Opportunity–Carbon-Free and Equitable–into Opportunity Zones<\/a><\/h2>\n
\"Pete<\/a> August 30, 2019<\/span> | Finance<\/a>, Renewable Energy<\/a>, Reports<\/a>, Urban Transformation<\/a>
\n by Pete Plastrik<\/a><\/span>\n <\/div>\n \"\"\n

In a report featured in GreenBiz–“Opportunity zones could provide major boost for clean energy, sustainable development”–INC partners Julia Parzen & Graham Richard explain how the federal\u00a0Opportunity Zone program can be leveraged to\u00a0produce gains for communities, investors, and the planet. Julia and Graham chart various innovative ways\u2026
read more \u00bb<\/a><\/p>\n\n<\/article><\/span>\n\t\n\t\t

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New INC Report: Playbook 1.0: How Cities Are Paying for Climate Resilience<\/a><\/h2>\n
\"Pete<\/a> July 14, 2019<\/span> | Adaptive Futures<\/a>, Cities<\/a>, Climate Adaptation<\/a>, Finance<\/a>
\n by Pete Plastrik<\/a><\/span>\n <\/div>\n \"\"\n

This report by Innovation Network for Communities and Climate Resilience Consulting identifies eight distinct strategies cities are using to pay for large-scale climate-resilience projects, mostly to address sea level rise and flooding. These strategies amount to an initial approach\u2014Playbook 1.0\u2014for deciding who will pay what and\u2026
read more \u00bb<\/a><\/p>\n\n<\/article><\/span>\n\t\n\t\t

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New INC Report: Can It Happen Here? Improving the Prospect of Managed Retreat by US Cities<\/a><\/h2>\n
\"Pete<\/a> March 18, 2019<\/span> | Adaptive Futures<\/a>, Climate Adaptation<\/a>, Managed Retreat<\/a>, Reports<\/a>, Sea Level Rise<\/a>
\n by Pete Plastrik<\/a><\/span>\n <\/div>\n \"Social\n

This research report provides city government and civic leaders with new reasons to consider the use of managed retreat as a way to strengthen their cities\u2019 climate resilience. As mounting destruction by rising seas, hurricanes, and wildfires drives the dangers of climate change deeper into public\u2026
read more \u00bb<\/a><\/p>\n\n<\/article><\/span>\n\t\n\t\t

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Five Resilience Trends to Watch in 2019<\/a><\/h2>\n
<\/a> February 9, 2019<\/span> | Adaptive Futures<\/a>, Climate Adaptation<\/a>, Guest Blogger<\/a>
\n by Joyce Coffee<\/a><\/span>\n <\/div>\n \"\"\n

Americans depend on our country\u2019s transportation, energy and water supply systems. This infrastructure is under increasing stress as coastal storms, wildfires, drought and sea level rise. And there are countless questions on how to gain the political will, as well as the funds and financing for\u2026
read more \u00bb<\/a><\/p>\n\n<\/article><\/span>\n\t\n\t\t

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“Carbon Free Boston” — How One US City Can Reduce GHG Emissions and Improve Quality of Life<\/a><\/h2>\n
\"Pete<\/a> January 31, 2019<\/span> | Cities<\/a>, Climate Innovation Laboratory Cities<\/a>, Innovation Network for Communities<\/a>, Urban Climate Innovation<\/a>
\n by Pete Plastrik<\/a><\/span>\n <\/div>\n \"\"\n

This new report by the Boston Green Ribbon Commission, staffed by INC’s John Cleveland, analyzes, quantifies, and prioritizes strategies and actions for reducing GHG emissions and\u00a0explicitly\u00a0addresses the potential impacts of different policies on social equity. From the report introduction: “The report\u2019s analysis makes clear the great\u2026
read more \u00bb<\/a><\/p>\n\n<\/article><\/span>\n\t\n\t\t

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Urban Transformation Reader: A Holiday Book List<\/a><\/h2>\n
\"Pete<\/a> December 10, 2018<\/span> | Books<\/a>, Urban Transformation<\/a>
\n by Pete Plastrik<\/a><\/span>\n <\/div>\n \"\"\n

As we researched Life After Carbon, we relied on a number of terrific books for ideas, examples, and inspiration. Here\u2019s our list, with links to Amazon. Also note that according to our book’s Amazon page, customers who bought our book also bought 12 other books including\u2026
read more \u00bb<\/a><\/p>\n\n<\/article><\/span>\n\t\n\t\t

\n

Making City Decarbonization Real: Boston Uses Rigorous Analysis to Measure and Track Impact of Policies and Strategies<\/a><\/h2>\n
\"John<\/a> December 4, 2018<\/span> | Cities<\/a>, Climate Innovation Laboratory Cities<\/a>, Urban Climate Innovation<\/a>
\n by John Cleveland<\/a><\/span>\n <\/div>\n \"\"\n

The recent IPCC report concludes that to avoid the worst effects of global warming, the entire global economy\u00a0has to plan to reduce emissions by 45% by 2030 and 100% by 2050. These targets are consistent with the targets set by most of the cities we profile\u2026
read more \u00bb<\/a><\/p>\n\n<\/article><\/span>\n\t\n\t\t

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The 30-Year Evolution of Urban Climate Innovation: From Decarbonizing to Co-benefits to Transformation<\/a><\/h2>\n
\"Pete<\/a> December 2, 2018<\/span> | Climate Innovation Laboratory Cities<\/a>, Modern City Model<\/a>, Urban Climate Innovation<\/a>, Urban Transformation<\/a>
\n by Pete Plastrik<\/a><\/span>\n <\/div>\n \"\"\n

The spreading and evolving efforts of cities to reduce GHG emissions have proceeded through three stages in the past three decades: Decarbonizing Emissions, Emphasizing Co-benefits, and Seeking Transformation. In\u00a0Life After Carbon, we describe the emergence of urban transformation. From Chapter 6: As climate innovations proliferate in\u2026
read more \u00bb<\/a><\/p>\n\n<\/article><\/span>\n\t\n\t\t

\n

Research Report: Toward a Climate Resilience Financial System for US Cities<\/a><\/h2>\n
\"Pete<\/a> December 2, 2018<\/span> | Cities<\/a>, Climate Adaptation<\/a>, Finance<\/a>, Reports<\/a>
\n by Pete Plastrik<\/a><\/span>\n <\/div>\n \"\"\n

Below is a summary of our new research report, produced with partners Cadmus Group LLC and Ramboll. Financial support\u00a0provide by Summit and Kresge Foundations. Full report available here.\u00a0 Purpose This research project\u2019s purpose is to identify ways to accelerate the development and growth of public and\u2026
read more \u00bb<\/a><\/p>\n\n<\/article><\/span>\n\t\n\t\t

\n

Awakening: Emergence of Climate Leadership from Silent Spring to Inconvenient Truth<\/a><\/h2>\n
\"Pete<\/a> November 25, 2018<\/span> | Books<\/a>, Rebel Alliance<\/a>, Urban Climate Innovation<\/a>
\n by Pete Plastrik<\/a><\/span>\n <\/div>\n \"\"\n

Excerpt from Life After Carbon, chapter 2, “Urban\u00a0Climate Innovation Laboratories”\u00a0 Before climate change arrived in the headlines in the late 1980s,\u00a0the groundwork for climate leadership had been laid. The\u00a0creators of urban climate innovation labs span three overlapping\u00a0generations, each of which experienced its own jolt of awakening\u00a0and\u2026
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