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