Resilience in Denver: Water, Equity, and Funding Strategies in the Mile-High City

Organizations across Denver are hard at work developing resilience strategies to deal with climate risks around water, heat, and more, as well as addressing legacies of environmental injustice. The South Platte River is planned to undergo a major transformation, funded by the Army Corps of Engineers; the city has a nationally innovative sales tax funding climate initiatives and expanding park space; and community organizations are building sociocultural and environmental resilience in Indigenous and Chicano/a/x communities, and developing international agreements on healing rivers. This session will showcase several major resilience initiatives happening across sectors in Denver and share strategies that can be replicated elsewhere.