New Orleans unveils climate and social resiliency roadmap a decade after Hurricane Katrina

New Orleans has partnered with the Rockefeller Foundation's 100 Resilient Cities to launch a roadmap seeking to guide the US city to a more sustainable and stable environmental and social future a decade after Hurricane Katrina devastated the area.

Resilient New Orleans: Strategic Actions to Shape Our Future City sets out a comprehensive policy agenda proposing 41 actions relating to the environment, city services and social and economic equity. 100 Resilient Cities (100RC), which is dedicated to helping global cities become more resilient in the 21st century, helped the Louisiana city through setting up public and private partnerships and part-financing the appointment of the city's first ...