Climate Resilience: Cities on the Frontlines

Jeff Goodell, Rolling Stone contributing editor and acclaimed author of the Water Will Come, Cool the Planet, and Big Coal is the Aresty Speaker at the 3rd Annual iCAR Conference. ICAR – Initiative on Coastal Adaptation and Resilience – takes focus this year on the social impact of rising seas. Mr. Goodell is the Distinguished Aresty Speaker co-presented by the Open Partnership Education Network (OPEN), the Initiative on Coastal Adaptation and Resilience (iCAR), USF St. Petersburg, and the Tampa Bay Regional Planning Council ONE BAY Resilient Communities Working Group. The OPEN Partnership Education Network is sponsored by the Aresty Family Foundation. This two-day workshop, hosted by the Initiative on Coastal Adaptation and Resilience (iCAR), USF St. Petersburg and the Tampa Bay Regional Planning Council ONE BAY Resilient Communities Working Group, engages participants in discussion about social and physical vulnerabilities to coastal hazards and current efforts to build regional resiliency. Mr. Goodell’s keynote is followed by presentations and facilitated discussions between experts from the national level, South Florida, and Tampa Bay regions, including Barnali Dixon, Rebecca Johns, and Jacqui Patterson. Participants learn of and explore potential regional solutions and approaches for addressing the resilience and adaptations of coastal cities to climate change.