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Wed, Oct 20, 2021

Building heat resilience in Freetown, Sierra Leone

Freetown, Sierra Leone, is taking the lead to grapple with extreme heat in this fast-expanding African city. This week, in collaboration with Arsht-Rock, Mayor Aki-Sawyerr will appoint a Chief Heat Officer, a city official focused on heat and protecting the well-being of city residents.

Articles by Kathy Baughman McLeod

Chief Heat Officer COP

Wed, Sep 22, 2021

Mobile vegetable gardens in Chennai India: Building resilience to extreme heat and food insecurity

The Urban Horticulture Initiative aims to build local resilience by applying nature-based solutions to counter the adverse effects of extreme heat and related needs, such as food insecurity. 

Articles by Jessica Dabrowski

English Food insecurity

Thu, Sep 9, 2021

Extreme heat: Pressure cooking our food system

This article explores the consequences of extreme heat on food systems. It provides examples of tools in the "toolbox of resilience solutions" we can implement to immediately safeguard farmers and the production of high-quality and ample food.

Blog by Bridget Carle and Jessica Dabrowski

English Food insecurity

Tue, Dec 22, 2020

City Resilience Snapshot: Mexico City

Located on a lake basin and

Issue brief

Individual and community resilience

Mon, Dec 21, 2020

Report: Articulating a Program for Resilience

Along with the Urban Institute, the Adrienne Arsht-Rockefeller Foundation Resilience Center commissioned "Articulating a Program for Resilience: The Landscape of Evidence, Actions, and Geographies." The report seeks to reach a wide audience, addressing climate adaptation, disaster mitigation, and vulnerability to––and displacement from––shocks all around the world.

Publication by Test, Test

English Individual and community resilience

Fri, Dec 18, 2020

Mobile Garden Kits: Addressing Food Insecurity Amid a Pandemic

Within two months of initiating a COVID-19 emergency response program, nearly 4,500 people received critical food rations along with seedlings for mobile garden kits that would yield fresh vegetables and greens in as little as three weeks.

Articles by Rebecca Scheurer, Nidhi Upadhyaya, Owen Gow

English Extreme heat

Tue, Dec 15, 2020

Migration Matters: Serving Essential Farmworkers During the COVID-19 Pandemic

The COVID-19 pandemic has severely affected migrant farmworker communities across the United States and around the world. Despite this threat to their health, farmworkers continue their work on the front lines, planting and harvesting the crops that feed our country.

Articles by Rebecca Scheurer

English Individual and community resilience

Mon, Dec 14, 2020

LEADERS Magazine The Resilience Issue

LEADERS Magazine partners with the Adrienne Arsht-Rockefeller Foundation Resilience Center at the Atlantic Council on this special feature on resilience.

Publication

Individual and community resilience

Tue, Sep 22, 2020

City Resilience Snapshot: Miami-Dade County

In the face of coastal vulnerabilities, a global pandemic, and economic hardship, resilience strategies have informed the response of Miami-Dade County's city officials to the amalgamation of these shocks and stressors.

Issue brief

Wed, Aug 12, 2020

Food relief on the frontlines

As jobless claims have gone up, so has the dire need for putting food on the table. Food banks across the country have been met with overwhelming demand, and still are today.

Articles by Andrea Snyder

English Food insecurity