CBI has 30 years of experience helping leaders solve complex problems through consensus building. Over the past decade, CBI has engaged approximately 5,000 organizations and 100,000 individuals. Over the organization’s history, CBI mediators have worked in 70 countries across the globe.

Worldwide Experience

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Sample Case Studies

- Energy
Siting Solar Energy in New York State

February 1, 2024

CBI worked with the Agricultural Technical Working Group (A-TWG), an independent advisory body to the state of New York, to find a balance between energy transition and sustaining agriculture.
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- Climate
- Coasts & Oceans
Smith Island Envisions its Future

April 17, 2024

CBI collaborated with residents, government officials, and an environmental solutions specialist to map a way forward for an offshore community in Chesapeake Bay.
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- Water Resources
Sustaining Groundwater in Salinas Valley

April 17, 2024

CBI helped build consensus among diverse stakeholders for structuring a new groundwater agency, the Salinas Valley Basin Groundwater Sustainability Agency, required by California's Sustainable Groundwater Management Act.
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- Coasts & Oceans
Sustaining Shorelines for the Hudson River

April 17, 2024

CBI worked with the Hudson River Sustainable Shorelines Project to facilitate a research and stakeholder engagement process.
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- Energy
The Massachusetts Commission on Clean Heat

November 9, 2023

With the goal of helping the Commonwealth achieve net zero carbon emissions by 2050, the Massachusetts Commission on Clean Heat, a first-in-the-nation effort co-facilitated by CBI, aimed to do something about reliance on fossil fuel.
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- Water Resources
Transforming a Decade-Long Wastewater Dispute on Cape Cod from Contention to Collaboration

November 14, 2017

CBI and Water Resources Associates helped the Town of Orleans initiate and facilitate a consensus building process to reach agreement among its stakeholders on a Comprehensive Wastewater Management Plan.
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Partial List of Convenors/Clients

Texas Dept Parks and Wildlife
The Nature Conservancy
The North Face
The World Bank
Transelec
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
U.S. Army Special Operations Command
U.S. Department of Agriculture
U.S. Department of Commerce (NEFSC)
U.S. Department of Commerce (NMFS)
U.S. Department of Commerce (NOAA)
U.S. Department of Defense (Air Force)
U.S. Department of Defense (Army)
U.S. Department of Energy
U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development
U.S. Department of State