Climate Resilience

Climate resilience refers to our ability to anticipate and respond to hazardous events, trends, or disturbances related to the changing environment, while working to prevent them from getting worse. In order to improve climate resilience, it's essential to  assess how we can be better prepared for current and future climate-related risks.

These impacts often disproportionately affect low-income communities, reinforcing the need for equitable planning and resource allocation.

Featured stories

Image of the Mississippi River flowing between neighborhoods in Iowa and Illinois

The new Align & Activate framework can help transform the residential heat pump market.

A road sign for the Michigan Highway (119)

The state of Michigan is setting the standard in the Midwest for a clean energy future.

sign saying "Make Every Day Earth Day"

Learn how local action can make a huge climate impact.

May 6, 2022

A technical powerhouse for Wisconsin's clean energy transition: Slipstream to provide expertise to multiple Energy Innovation Grant projects

Slipstream's technical know-how and energy planning expertise will help communities build climate resilience and solidify Wisconsin and its committed communities as leaders in the clean energy transition.
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March 30, 2022

Health and home: The underrated benefit of weatherization services

Weatherization and EE programs should take health co-benefits into account to make an even bigger impact on the lives of their customers.
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January 26, 2022

Lead, Enact, Encourage: A model for local government climate action

"We have the power and the political will to rise to meet the climate crisis. Municipal governments are uniquely positioned to lead, enact policies, and encourage others to act.
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November 9, 2021

Community prioritization and weatherization: Unpacking Milwaukee’s climate and equity plan with Matt Donath

Matt Donath has a lot on his mind.
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April 27, 2021

Bringing water to the mountain: My work with Engineers Without Borders

Looking out the window of our van as it enters Joyabaj, a town in the rural highlands of Guatemala, I can see the impact Engineers Without Borders has had on the region.
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March 3, 2021

Deep transformation together: inspiration from the Paris Climate Conference

The Renaissance façade of the Hotel de Ville glowed green through the pre-dawn dark. Light trapped by puddles in the street said Emerald City, not Paris. The cobblestones paving the wide, open space in front of this building has gathered the masses since the 13th century.
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March 3, 2021

Ten climate & equity expectations for the Biden/Harris administration

1. GLOBAL CLIMATE LEADERSHIP. Our recommitment to the Paris Climate Agreement signals that the United States will once again lead globally on climate issues.
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March 3, 2021

Don’t wait—harvest that corn now

1,000 acres of corn to harvest and get to market It’s not news anymore—nor even a topic of serious debate—that Earth’s surface air temperature is rising largely because of human activities since the industrial revolution.
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August 28, 2019

Climate Crisis Roundtable

 Earlier this year I joined Slipstream to help reduce carbon emissions and strengthen communities. Or, as I put it when I updated my LinkedIn profile, “More community. Less carbon. Great careers.” 
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June 13, 2019

High performance building consulting: a look back and forward

To serve the mission at Slipstream, our work sits at the crossroads between human health and wellbeing, energy efficiency and equity, and clean and reliable power.
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