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Climate Resilience
Resilience can be defined as "the capacity of individuals, communities, institutions, businesses and systems within a city to survive, adapt, and grow no matter what kinds of chronic stresses and acute shocks they experience." (Rockefeller Foundation, 100 Resilient Cities)
A primary resiliency resources is the Colorado Resiliency Office’s (CRO) who's goal is to support a long-term adaptable and vibrant future for all Coloradans by building stronger, safer, and more resilient systems in the face of natural disasters and other shocks and stressors.
In 2019, City of Durango staff worked with the Colorado Resiliency Office to develop a municipal Resilience Framework (PDF).
A 2018 community workshop supported by the National League of Cities Leadership in Community Resilience Program focused on the headline impacts for our region:
- Warming Temperatures
- Drought and Wildfire
- Extreme Weather Events
Observed(past 50 yrs) | Warming
| Drought and Wildfire
| Extreme Weather Events
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Projected | Warming
| Drought and Wildfire
| Extreme Weather Events
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Observed and projected impacts from: U.S. Fourth National Climate Assessment (Nov, 2018), U.S. Climate Resilience Toolkit Climate Explorer, Colorado Resiliency Framework (2015), Mountain Studies Institute San Juan Climate Initiative. |