Advancing
effective community-driven climate resilience planning
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Spotlights
What is Resilience?
Climate resilience is about bouncing forward, rather than "bouncing back" to the status quo. It is about eradicating inequities and unsustainable resource use. True resilience addresses the root causes of the climate crisis while advancing the social and economic transformation of communities.
Climate resilience requires a holistic view of the challenges we face, calling for solutions at the intersection of people, the environment, and the economy. A people-centered approach to resilience encompasses not just mitigation and adaptation, but also the following elements: human rights and democracy, economy, and ecology.
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This workshop series, hosted by the National Association of Climate Resilience Planners, builds facilitative leadership capacity among facilitators, organizers, leaders, and educators from (and accountable to) Black, Brown, Indigenous, Asian, and Pacific Islander communities.
We are so excited to be partnering and collaborating again with Facilitating Power and People’s Climate Innovation Center to curate and co-facilitate timely, relevant content with featured communities practicing community-driven planning along with quarterly peer cyphers to build our growing community of practice.
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SAVE THE DATE: Registration for the next series opens on October 16, 2023 and the first workshop will take place on November 30, 2023!
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NACRP FACILITATOR'S CERTIFICATION PROGRAM
The facilitator’s certification cohort is intended to support those playing a facilitative leadership role in community planning (of any type and scale) and working in-partnership with organizations rooted in communities disproportionately burdened by climate and racial injustice. This 9-month virtual program supports participants with facilitation skill development, peer support and project mentorship, and applied practice of community-driven resilience planning anywhere in the U.S. and U.S. Territories. This program is intended to support participants with facilitation skill development, peer support and project mentorship, and applied practice of community-driven resilience planning.
The application deadline for the NACRP Facilitators Certification Program is Monday, October 23, 2023. Slots are limited to 30 participants. People’s Climate Innovation Center and Facilitating Power are collaborating again to co-host this second series of the certification program and will make final selections for the 2024 cohort on Wednesday, November 15, 2023. The cost of participation is on a sliding scale and scholarships are available on a case-by-case basis.
COMMUNITY-DRIVEN RESILIENCE PLANNING
The opportunity for increasing community resilience is in the very process of developing a plan when those who are most impacted are at the heart of society’s efforts to build a resilient future.
This framework:
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Advocates deepening democratic practices at the local and regional levels
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Puts forth principles and practices defining the emergent field of climate resilience
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Offers examples and resources for community-based institutions implementing community-driven planning processes
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Is useful for a range of stakeholders, including community-based organizations, philanthropy, and the public sector.
SPOTLIGHTS: THE FRAMEWORK IN ACTION
WHAT IS RESILIENCE?
Climate resilience is about bouncing forward, rather than "bouncing back" to the status quo. It is about eradicating inequities and unsustainable resource use. True resilience addresses the root causes of the climate crisis while advancing the social and economic transformation of communities.
Climate resilience requires a holistic view of the challenges we face, calling for solutions at the intersection of people, the environment, and the economy. A people-centered approach to resilience encompasses not just mitigation and adaptation, but also the following elements: human rights and democracy, economy, and ecology.
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VISION | POWER | SOLUTIONS
ABOUT
The National Association of Climate Resilience Planners (NACRP) is a national network of community-driven planning facilitators, grassroots members, and multi-sector partners that fosters effective community-driven racial and climate justice solutions through training, peer learning, referrals, and capacity-building.
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NACRP is a core program of People's Climate Innovation Center.
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OUR NETWORK
Individuals and organizations facilitating multi-stakeholder efforts to build climate solutions.
PARTNERS
Public and private institutions supporting effective climate resilience planning.