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.