Building resilient communities through adaptive, innovative, and strategic solutions to climate impacts

Communities across North America are grappling with climate impacts. Severe weather, water scarcity, degrading ecosystems, and pressure to reduce emissions are forcing organizations to take action. Brown and Caldwell is collaborating with cities, utilities, and industry clients to develop custom solutions to solve complex climate challenges, including work with:  

• Municipalities, utilities, and other public entities to establish transparency, trust, and stewardship into near-term and long-term planning and projects.
• Private sector companies to reduce business risks, increase opportunities for social impact, and manage reputational risk. 
• Public and private sector collaborations that are not only mutually beneficial but have a broad positive impact on the local communities, watersheds, and environment.

Together, we seek robust alternatives that build adaptive capacity and preserve flexibility in the face of an uncertain future. We engage with our clients to apply methods for flexible design and adaptation, bolstered by a research team that tracks and pilots groundbreaking technologies. Our approach identifies and emphasizes the connectivity of interdependent systems, giving focus to nature-based solutions that both mitigate and enhance a community’s response to climate change.

• Pathways and Barriers to Corporate Water Stewardship in the Colorado River Basin
• The Value of Inside-the-Fence Projects as Part of a Water Sustainability Program
• Sustainability: Opportunities at Your Facility to Think Globally and Act Locally
• Sustainability, One
• Enhancing Your Utilitys Competitive Edge by Incorporating Sustainability
• Effect of Climate Change on Sewer Overflows in Milwaukee