The Building Resilience Coalition, a major sponsor of the Pacific Northwest Economic Region, has achieved major goals in strengthening efforts to raise the level of resiliency in the built environment through a greater emphasis on Disaster Risk Reduction.
Designing for Resiliency can help to reduce the damages caused by extreme climate-related disasters and can speed up the recovery processs. Many suvivors of climate emergencies are forced to wait for years to put their lives back together.
First Comprehensive Federal Strategy Outlines Pathways to Reduce Emissions 90% in Buildings Sector by 2050, Reinforcing President Biden’s Investing in America Agenda to Lower Energy Costs, Improve Resilience, and Tackle the Climate Crisis