According to Lee Gerston, vulnerability maps (such as those pictured here) can help cities understand their unique vulnerabilities and get smarter about climate change adaptation.
Blog Post
USAID’s Coastal City Adaptation Project worked with local communities in Mozambique to restore mangrove trees, which offers a host of benefits to the environment and the economy, while encouraging the use of mobile phones to alert residents of pending disasters.
Resource - Project Success Story
Lee Gerston, the manager of the USAID Coastal City Adaptation Project, is in Bonn, Germany this week for the ICLEI Resilient Cities conference. You can follow the action at ICLEI on Twitter at @ICLEI_ResCities using hashtag #resilientcities.
Blog Post