Accelerating the implementation of regenerative, nature-based climate solutions

What We Do

Center for Regenerative Solutions (CRS) brings together cities, resource specialists, community-based organizations, scientists, innovators, land managers, and others to accelerate the implementation of regenerative, nature-based solutions that simultaneously improve the social, economic, and environmental resilience of local communities. CRS was established to support and disseminate city-scale actions that operationalize high-leverage nature-based Climate Action as an Equity-Centered Community Development effort.

Background

In 2017, a group of cities began exploring the integration of climate action as community development. Working with the Urban Sustainability Directors Network and Carbon Neutral Cities Alliance, these cities began developing implementation strategies that accomplish both climate adaptation and social equity objectives. This work led to the founding of CRS in 2019 and has produced an evolving framework and action pathways for regenerative urban climate solutions, as well as a growing resource database and key initiatives like the Urban Nature-Based Climate Solutions Accelerator.