On July 8, 2019, The Rockefeller Foundation announced an $8 million commitment to continue supporting the work of Chief Resilience Officers and member cities within the 100RC Network. This has resulted in more than 150 collaborations between partners and cities to address city challenges, including $230 million of pledged support from platform partners and more than $655 million leveraged from national, philanthropic, and private sources to implement resilience projects.Īfter more than six successful years of growing and catalyzing the urban resilience movement, the existing 100 Resilient Cities organization concludes on July 31, 2019. Currently, more than 50 holistic Resilience Strategies have been created, which have outlined over 1,800 concrete actions and initiatives. To date, more than 1,000 cities have applied, and 100 cities have been selected, to join the Network-representing more than one-fifth of the world’s urban population.

Membership of a global network of member cities who can learn from and help each other.Access to solutions, service providers, and partners from the private, public and NGO sectors who can help them develop and implement their Resilience Strategies and.Expert support for the development of a robust Resilience Strategy.Financial and logistical guidance for establishing an innovative new position in city government, a Chief Resilience Officer, who will lead the city’s resilience efforts.

Cities in the 100RC network have been provided with the resources necessary to develop a roadmap to resilience along four main pathways: In 2013, The Rockefeller Foundation pioneered 100 Resilient Cities to help more cities build resilience to the physical, social, and economic challenges that are a growing part of the 21st century.

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