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APPENDIX SAMPLE INITIATIVES <br /> relationships with communities in low-income and underrepresented areas that are most <br /> susceptible to incurring impacts from climate change. The city has also joined the Compact of <br /> Mayors, committing to benchmarking and reducing local greenhouse gas emissions. <br /> "The Leadership in Community Resilience project will support an event in early Spring <br /> 2017 that better engages Des Moines citizens as the city pursues recertification in the STAR <br /> community rating system. Both the recertification as well as the event will pay particular <br /> attention to the "Climate and Energy" and "Equity Engagement" topic areas within the STAR <br /> rating, and an inclusive project will be designed to engage low-income and underrepresented <br /> communities. The project will leverage ideas, educational resources and relationships to broaden <br /> communication on community resilience and bring the city into stages of action and <br /> implementation." (National, 2013). <br /> Portland, Maine <br /> "Portland is highly vulnerable to climate change hazards and has done considerable work <br /> to assess its risk of coastal flooding from sea level rise as well as flash flooding from increased <br /> rainfall intensity.The current update to the Comprehensive Plan,as well as a local Bayside Adapts <br /> Neighborhood Plan, plan for provides an additional opportunity to integrate climate adaptation <br /> and sustainability goals into broader planning documents and to engage a larger, more diverse <br /> portion of the population. <br /> "The Leadership in Community Resilience project, in coordination with the <br /> Environmental Finance Center at the University of Southern Maine,will host a'Climate Mitigation <br /> Workshop and Design Competition' A series of three workshops will be designed to engage the <br /> 0 <br /> Page 63 ,�UNIVERSITYof ST.THOMAS <br /> EN-ERGYCITY <br /> Opus College of Business <br />