Climate resiliency
Spotlight on Climate Justice
Drawing on a long history of environmental justice organizing led by BIPOC, immigrant, and low-income communities, and an even longer history of Indigenous land stewardship practices grounded in relationships and reciprocity, the climate justice movement is repairing inequities and cultivating community-led solutions to the climate crisis. This LISC Institute Spotlight highlights climate justice resources for community development practitioners.
With Climate Justice for All: Community Action to Mitigate Climate Change and Build Equitable Green Futures
There are many ways to pursue climate justice, from grassroots actions to lobbying Congress. This LISC Institute Spotlight article focuses on three: Dealing with the climate-related challenges that are impacting people now, preparing for future impacts from storms and other events, and ensuring a place for lower income people in the new “green economy.”
“If You Don’t Adapt, You Die”: Rural LISC’s Caitlin Cain on the (Surprisingly Hopeful) Path Forward to Climate Resiliency
Underinvested communities in rural America are bearing the brunt of the many ways climate change is transforming environments, economies and daily life. In the wake of Hurricane Ida, and in advance of the 2021 Rural LISC Annual Seminar, Caitlin Cain, vice president and director of Rural LISC, explains how, as CDFIs, funders and community developers, we must radically shift our approach to investing for preparation and resiliency.