100 Resilient Cities–which funded an office of resiliency in city governments around the world–is set to be terminated this summer. The reasons are unclear.
The Rockefeller Foundation will end funding and dismiss the staff at its 100 Resilient Cities program, the largest privately funded climate-adaptation initiative in the U.S., the foundation announced Monday.
Officials hope the strategy, Resilient Chicago, will become a blueprint for empowering communities to face social, economic, and environmental challenges.
Commissioners approved a deal with the Urban Land Institute to have a panel of engineering and planning experts review the city’s adaptation plans for sea-level rise.
