Resilience Spotlight: Creating climate-ready communities in Wisconsin

City of Madison Deputy Mayor Christie Baummel and WICCI Co-Director Steve Vavrus discuss climate ready communities at the Crossroads of Ideas presentation on March 3, 2020.

City of Madison Deputy Mayor Christie Baummel and WICCI Co-Director Steve Vavrus discuss climate ready communities at the Crossroads of Ideas presentation on March 3, 2020.

The City of Madison is partnering with the Nelson Institute for Environmental Studies, the Wisconsin Institute on Climate Change Impacts (WICCI), and UW–Extension Dane County to make Madison a climate-ready community. Together, these partners will work with city agencies and campus operations to identify ways in which our changing climate may impact infrastructure and operations while improving institutional capacity to address climate risks. Watch the Crossroads of Ideas presentation here: Crossroads of Ideas: Creating Climate Ready Communities in Wisconsin 3.3.20