As local governments struggle to finance climate change adaptation and resilience efforts due to limited resources and short-term thinking, a new Resilience Authority in Maryland has taken a novel approach to building a more sustainable future for its residents.
By creating an independent body that functions for two local governments (Anne Arundel County and Annapolis), this community can strategize more effectively. It also participated in an incubator lab, Putting Assets to Work, to help understand the value of its physical assets that were not being utilized.