Experts
Owen Gow
Deputy Director, Extreme Heat Resilience Initiative
Vikram Widge
Senior Advisor, Climate Finance, Climate Policy Initiative
Krista Augustson
Liaison, Special Projects
Kurt Shickman
Director, Extreme Heat Initiative
Jessica Dabrowski
Deputy Director, Strategic Engagement and External Affairs
Content
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
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
Fri, Apr 30, 2021
Global cities take on increasing threat of extreme heat by appointing first-ever “Chief Heat Officers,” starting with Miami-Dade County
Miami-Dade County, Freetown, and Athens sign on as founding members of Adrienne Arsht-Rockefeller Foundation Resilience Center’s City Champions for Heat Action – an Extreme Heat Resilience Alliance Initiative.
News
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
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
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
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
Wed, Sep 30, 2020
As climate-induced extreme heat continues to rage, Arsht-Rockefeller Resilience Center pledges funding for Extreme Heat Resilience Alliance activities
Today, September 30, 2020, EHRA members convened for the first time to define critical actions for the Alliance’s work to protect vulnerable people from extreme heat, supporting its vision of a world without heat-related deaths and loss of livelihoods.
News
Mon, Sep 21, 2020
Reaching one billion people by 2030
The Adrienne Arsht-Rockefeller Foundation Resilience Center is committed to reaching one billion people with resilience solutions to climate change, migration, and security by 2030.
Issue brief
Mon, Sep 21, 2020
Kathy Baughman McLeod on Financing a Sustainable Planet podcast
Kathy Baughman McLeod was interviewed on the Euromoney "Financing a Sustainable Planet" podcast series — listen to her clip.
Blog