What do Boulder, Colorado, and Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, have in common? They are both part of the 100 Resilient Cities network, a selection of cities drawn from thousands of applicants, whose leaders have committed to making resilience a priority for their municipal leadership.
Devex spoke to Andrew Salkin, senior vice president of city solutions at 100 Resilient Cities, to learn how the organization — which was “pioneered” by the Rockefeller Foundation — has worked with urban leaders to develop resilience strategies and share the challenges and solutions they uncover across a diverse network of cities.
100RC provides funding for cities to hire a chief resilience officer — a position foreign to many of them — and offers technical support and access to other consultative services. Here is an excerpt from our conversation with Salkin, edited for clarity and length.
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Michael Igoe@AlterIgoe
Michael Igoe is a Senior Reporter with Devex, based in Washington, D.C. He covers U.S. foreign aid, global health, climate change, and development finance. Prior to joining Devex, Michael researched water management and climate change adaptation in post-Soviet Central Asia, where he also wrote for EurasiaNet. Michael earned his bachelor's degree from Bowdoin College, where he majored in Russian, and his master’s degree from the University of Montana, where he studied international conservation and development.
