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![Managing Climate Risks in Coastal Communities: Readiness, Engagement, and Adaptation]()
Managing Climate Risks in Coastal Communities: Readiness, Engagement, and Adaptation
October 13, 2026
While local, collective action on risk management is critical for climate adaptation, many communities lack the capacity for robust adaptation planning. This book highlights the potential of role-play simulations for engaging the public and preparing them to act in the face of impending climate changes.
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![At Risk: Southwest Florida’s Caloosahatchee River and Estuary]()
At Risk: Southwest Florida’s Caloosahatchee River and Estuary
June 23, 2015
CBI helps local South Florida stakeholders develop a shared vision for the Caloosahatchee River and its estuary.
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![The Toughest Cases: Human Rights, Land Disputes and Palm Oil in Honduras]()
The Toughest Cases: Human Rights, Land Disputes and Palm Oil in Honduras
June 23, 2015
The International Finance Corporation asks CBI to explore a corporate-community engagement problem related to a Honduran palm oil company that was not meeting its social and environmental requirements.
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![Smith Island: Creating a Vision for the Future]()
Smith Island: Creating a Vision for the Future
June 23, 2015
In the wake of Hurricane Sandy, CBI and Horsley Witten Group lead a community-driven dialogue, or visioning process, on the impact of natural hazards and on the many challenges to life on Smith Island.
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![Collaborating for Better Rapid Transit in Greater Boston]()
Collaborating for Better Rapid Transit in Greater Boston
June 23, 2015
CBI works with a group of stakeholders to investigate the feasibility of a Bus Rapid Transit system, or BRT, for metro Boston.
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![Consensus Building Approaches Help Organizations Plan for the Future]()
Consensus Building Approaches Help Organizations Plan for the Future
June 23, 2015
Through collaborative strategic planning, CBI helps organizations stretch their future vision and motivate their stakeholders to work together to realize it.
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![Lessons from a Chilean Forestry Mediation]()
Lessons from a Chilean Forestry Mediation
April 22, 2015
CBI and a Chilean partner organization jointly mediated a conflict between a major forestry company and a local community. Here is what CBI learned.
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![Farm to Institution New England: Building A Network]()
Farm to Institution New England: Building A Network
October 13, 2026
CBI analyzes the valuable impact networks can have on cross-organization information sharing and collaborative work.
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![A Mutual Gains Approach to Global Supply Chain Management — Why Should Companies Care?]()
A Mutual Gains Approach to Global Supply Chain Management — Why Should Companies Care?
October 13, 2026
CBI's work with communities and international oil companies in the Niger Delta has underscored the enormous value the Mutual Gains Approach can offer for improving relationships and results for both sets of stakeholders.
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![FOCUS: Climate Change]()
FOCUS: Climate Change
August 11, 2014
Climate change surfaces repeatedly throughout CBI's 20th Anniversary Symposium as a critical factor in understanding the challenges around food, water, energy, and the role of technology.
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![PANEL: Technology and Democracy]()
PANEL: Technology and Democracy
August 11, 2014
At its 20th Anniversary Symposium, CBI discusses new technologies for joint fact-finding, collaborative decision-making, and stakeholder representation.
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![FOCUS: Women and Consensus Building]()
FOCUS: Women and Consensus Building
August 11, 2014
At its 20th Anniversary Symposium, CBI explores natural resource management as a gender issue.
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