Advancing a Paradigm Shift in Resilience
Advancing a
Paradigm Shift in
Resilience
Samuel Carter
Associate Director,
The Rockefeller
Foundation
Why Shift
Paradigms?
Consider Urban Flooding
Atlantic City, New Jersey, US
One Neighborhood in America
608 Households
In Chesea Heights
Possible Future for
Chelsea Heights Neighborhood?
Across The United States
2.6M Households &
5M People
Live less than 4 ft from mean-high tide*
*2016 Climate Central
Possible Future for
Chelsea Heights Neighborhood?
And around the Globe
460-720 M currently live
on land that could be
underwater
Given 4° warming projections*
*2016 Climate Central
Possible Future for
Chelsea Heights Neighborhood?
Consider Urban Flooding
Atlantic City, New Jersey, US
Possible Future for
Chelsea Heights Neighborhood?
How We Shift
Paradigms
Deploy Design Thinking
To Create a Vision
NATIONAL DISASTER
RESILIENCE
COMPETITION
GLOBAL RESILIENCE ACADEMY
Resilience Academy
Global Resilience Academy
Resilience Practitioner
Network
Global Resilience Practitioner
Network
Regional Workshops
Critiques
Site Visits
Stakeholder Engagement
Technical Assistance
Leverage Learnings
to Build a Field
Build Partnerships to Change
Norms and Leverage Billions
Advancing a
Paradigm Shift in
Resilience
Samuel Carter
Associate Director,
The Rockefeller
Foundation
Paradigm Shift in
Resilience
Samuel Carter
Associate Director,
The Rockefeller
Foundation
Why Shift
Paradigms?
Consider Urban Flooding
Atlantic City, New Jersey, US
One Neighborhood in America
608 Households
In Chesea Heights
Possible Future for
Chelsea Heights Neighborhood?
Across The United States
2.6M Households &
5M People
Live less than 4 ft from mean-high tide*
*2016 Climate Central
Possible Future for
Chelsea Heights Neighborhood?
And around the Globe
460-720 M currently live
on land that could be
underwater
Given 4° warming projections*
*2016 Climate Central
Possible Future for
Chelsea Heights Neighborhood?
Consider Urban Flooding
Atlantic City, New Jersey, US
Possible Future for
Chelsea Heights Neighborhood?
How We Shift
Paradigms
Deploy Design Thinking
To Create a Vision
NATIONAL DISASTER
RESILIENCE
COMPETITION
GLOBAL RESILIENCE ACADEMY
Resilience Academy
Global Resilience Academy
Resilience Practitioner
Network
Global Resilience Practitioner
Network
Regional Workshops
Critiques
Site Visits
Stakeholder Engagement
Technical Assistance
Leverage Learnings
to Build a Field
Build Partnerships to Change
Norms and Leverage Billions
Advancing a
Paradigm Shift in
Resilience
Samuel Carter
Associate Director,
The Rockefeller
Foundation