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The San Francisco Bay Conservation and Development Commission (BCDC) today issued a pioneering analysis of the myriad impacts rising sea level will have on Bay Area communities, illuminating where the...

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San Francisco will be in the international spotlight when leaders and experts from around the globe descend on the city to attend the Global Climate Action Summit (GACS), taking place September 12 –...

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Resilient by Design’s year-long Bay Area Challenge culminated in mid-May with a two-day summit where nine innovative projects designed to address sea level rise and other climate impacts while...

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Resilient by Design Bay Area Challenge, an exciting new approach to address climate change before disaster strikes, has launched online and physical locations for a two-week public comment period open...

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Resilient by Design, an exciting new approach in addressing climate change before disaster strikes, today announced it has received 51 Design Team applications from multi-disciplinary experts vying to...

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Ten innovative concepts for combatting sea-level rise and other climate threats. Ten international design teams. Ten at-risk Bay Area locations. Those figures capture the essence of Resilient by...

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Adapted from a release issued by Resilient by Design | Bay Area Challenge. Resilient by Design | Bay Area Challenge, an innovative new approach to prepare the Bay Area for the effects of climate...

The Rockefeller Foundation yesterday announced a $4.6 million grant to a coalition of Bay Area leaders to create the Bay Area: Resilient by Design Challenge — a competition that will engage innovators...

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Depending on the magnitude of sea level rise over the coming decades, between 3 percent to 7 percent of Bay Area residents may be vulnerable to rising tides. Even with the most modest forecast for sea...

Sea Levels are on the rise. The evidence can be found on shorelines all over the planet. Countries around the world will have to adapt. The San Francisco Bay Area is at the forefront of that change...