Resilient Cities Catalyst to tackle California's compounding crises

By Cailin Crowe

• The Resilient Cities Catalyst (RCC), a nonprofit formed by members of the former 100 Resilient Cities (100RC) initiative, has launched the California Resilience Partnership (CRP), a multi-million dollar public-philanthropic collaboration. 
• The partnership will bring together a diverse group of stakeholders, state agencies and organizations to support statewide priorities as California faces urgent and compounding resilience challenges linked to climate change, the pandemic, racial injustice and economic issues. 
• The CRP model is designed to attract funding for resilience projects, with a goal to secure at least $30 million from public, private and philanthropic sources within five years to help scale those projects throughout the state.

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In short, it’s been a challenging year for the state and its residents. The CRP aims to improve responses to these mounting issues with stronger coordination and collaboration across sectors and regions.

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The CRP will be built off pilot work initially completed in the Greater Los Angeles and San Diego regions. Those efforts included identifying and developing new approaches to urgent climate change challenges, primarily wildfire and coastal erosion, according to Carter.

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