In 2016, Oahu voters approved a City Charter Amendment to create an Office of Climate Change, Sustainability, and Resiliency. Several months prior, Honolulu was selected into the third and final round of the Rockefeller Foundation’s 100 Resilient Cities (100RC) network, joining global cities in addressing pressing 21st-century challenges around climate change, urbanization, and globalization.
The presentation covered the Office and its charter mandate; introduced the process of approaching resilience through assessing and addressing shocks and stresses, including early identified challenges and short-term actions already taken; and discussed the Office’s investigations into identified resilience challenges.