Resources
288 Resources found
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Seven Benchmarks to Build Consensus on a Groundwater Sustainability Agency
In California, CBI has been arms-deep in the creation of groundwater sustainability agencies to face pressing issues of water management. Bartlett contributed a post on building consensus in the creation process.
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Managing Climate Risks in Coastal Communities: Readiness, Engagement, and Adaptation
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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The Effects of Climate Change Are All Local: Here's What You Can Do to Help Manage the Risks
For coastal communities already feeling the impacts of climate change, CBI's book shows how climate risk simulations and structured community dialogue can help accelerate the adoption of risk management measures that everyone agrees upon.
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Consensus Building Approaches Help Organizations Plan for the Future
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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Collaborating for Better Rapid Transit in Greater Boston
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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Smith Island: Creating a Vision for the Future
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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At Risk: Southwest Florida’s Caloosahatchee River and Estuary
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 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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Participatory Energy Planning in Chile
CBI helps formulate Energia 2050, a shared roadmap for a cleaner, cheaper, and more accessible energy future for Chile.
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Lessons from a Chilean Forestry Mediation
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
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?
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.
