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

Managing Local and International Conflict Over a Pulp Mill in Uruguay

April 17, 2024

The International Finance Corporation asked CBI to assess Argentine and Uruguayan stakeholder concerns and facilitate their involvement in a review of two controversial paper mills on the Rio Uruguay.
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- Climate
Marsh and Cliff: Piermont, New York, Takes on Climate Change’s Flood Risk

March 17, 2021

CBI piloted innovative methods to help residents of one coastal community understand and begin adapting to the complex and emotionally fraught issue of long-term flood risk.
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- Climate
- Coasts & Oceans
New England Communities Engage on Climate Risk

April 17, 2024

The Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s Science Impact Collaborative and the National Estuarine Research Reserve System partnered with CBI on a two-year action research project to explore the potential of “serious games” to raise awareness about climate change adaptation.
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- Natural & Cultural Resources
Preserving Historic Dune Shacks on Cape Cod

April 17, 2024

CBI assisted the National Park Service and Cape Cod National Seashore and stakeholders to develop a plan for maintaining historic dune shacks.
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- Energy
- Global Development & Peacebuilding
Re-negotiating Community Agreements Between Chevron and Niger Delta Stakeholders

April 17, 2024

CBI designed and facilitated the renegotiation of community agreements between Chevron Nigeria Ltd. and its stakeholders in the contentious Niger Delta through an innovative participatory stakeholder assessment.
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- Energy
Reforming Energy Facilities Siting

April 17, 2024

CBI helped streamline and expand stakeholder input to New Hampshire’s siting process for renewable energy generation and other energy facilities.
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Partial List of Convenors/Clients

PEAK Grantmaking
PepsiCo
Petro Brasileiro S.A.
Pew Charitable Trusts
Pfizer, Inc.
Pinewoods Camp, Inc.
Pitkin County
PJM Interconnection, L.L.C.
Procter & Gamble Company
Program on Government Oversight
Qatar Shell
Rockefeller Brothers Fund
Sacramento Water Forum
San Antonio Housing Authority
School of Public Administration and Business (EBAPE), FGV Brazil
Seeds of Peace