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![Adapting to Rising Waters along the Hudson: Lessons from Piermont, NY]()
Adapting to Rising Waters along the Hudson: Lessons from Piermont, NY
July 19, 2018
A small riverfront community in New York confronts the challenges of sea level rise head-on through work with CBI.
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StoryCorps with Merrick Hoben and Mark Podlasly
July 23, 2018
As part of this year's Sustainability Exchange, IFC staff, clients, and partners undertook unstructured conversations on sustainability practices.
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![Resilient by Design Bay Area Challenge]()
Resilient by Design Bay Area Challenge
June 28, 2018
As a coastal city, San Francisco faces impacts from rising sea levels, flooding and storms, so they launch a design competition to find novel planning solutions.
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![Community Engagement in Federal Site Remediation]()
Community Engagement in Federal Site Remediation
June 28, 2018
Community advisory groups (CAGs) can play an important role in engaging the community to manage long-term cleanup sites. However, it's vital to set them up for success.
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Apply for a Climate-Related Planning Award through July 25
June 25, 2018
The Climigration Network has three $7,500 awards available to support teams that want to develop a concept-level proposal for a community-led project on managed retreat.
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![Companies, Communities & Responsible Engagement: What Palm Oil and Salmon Tell Us About Constructive Change in Latin America]()
Companies, Communities & Responsible Engagement: What Palm Oil and Salmon Tell Us About Constructive Change in Latin America
June 12, 2018
Merrick Hoben and David Plumb explain three process observations from their work with palm oil and salmon in Latin America.
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Summer 2018: CBI in Action
June 4, 2018
A snapshot of ongoing and recent work.
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![Breaking the Gridlock: A New Path Forward for Congressional Budgeting]()
Breaking the Gridlock: A New Path Forward for Congressional Budgeting
June 5, 2018
CBI and Convergence convened an unusual coalition of budget experts and advocates to brainstorm new ideas to improve managing the U.S. budget.
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![Don’t Believe Everything You Think: The Pitfalls of Cognitive Bias]()
Don’t Believe Everything You Think: The Pitfalls of Cognitive Bias
May 22, 2018
Cognitive biases can provide shortcuts to decision-making, but in complex and contentious processes, they often get in the way of making the best agreements.
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Rebuilding Nicholas County Schools Mediation Process
May 18, 2018
Three county schools were destroyed by flooding in June 2016 and the county found itself in gridlock trying to best determine how to use the FEMA recovery funds.
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![CBI Leads Summits to Address New York State Harmful Algal Blooms]()
CBI Leads Summits to Address New York State Harmful Algal Blooms
CBI helped the State of New York take informed action to combat toxic algal blooms in key upstate freshwater resources.
May 15, 2018
When Harmful Algal Blooms (HABs) threatened public health and drinking water safety, CBI helped convene regional summits and create 12 action plans to address water quality in New York.
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Tahoe Regional Planning Agency Releases Draft Environmental Report
May 24, 2018
In an important next step to pass a new shoreline management plan, the TRPA releases a draft environmental impact statement for public review.
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