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How to Achieve More Resilient Building Codes

February 23, 2025
Frank Came
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More comprehensive disaster prevention perspectives are needed to enable communities better to withstand the increased frequency and severity of climate-related disasters. Strengthening our up-to-date building codes could play a decisive role in this regard.

Tariffs Detrimental to U.S. – Canada Relationship

February 7, 2025
Frank Came
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News, Policy, Press Release

The Pacific Northwest Economic Region (PNWER) has for decades recognized the critical importance of robust cross-border security, seamless trade and economic cooperation between the U.S. and Canada. .

Canada modernizes disaster recovery funding program

February 5, 2025
Frank Came
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Building Resilience, News, Policy, Press Release

These changes will ensure increased, timely, and flexible federal funding is available to support provincial and territorial partners to build back better in the aftermath of disasters and plan for future disasters– together, we can rebuild stronger and safer communities

Americans face an insurability crisis as climate change worsens

January 23, 2025
Frank Came
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Building Resilience, Finance, News, Policy

As climate related disasters worsen – a look at how insurance companies set rates and coverage

Building Resilience Coalition Achieves Major Gains in Promoting Designing For Resilience

August 13, 2024
Frank Came
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Building Resilience, Events, News, People, Policy

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.

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