Next month, government executives will converge on Incheon, Korea, for the Local Governments for Sustainability (ICLEI) international conference. One of the themes for the conference is “resilience” — an emerging trend in sustainability. According to the conference website, “Resilience is a community’s capacity to respond to disaster, risk and unexpected change in a creative, proactive, preventive and adaptive way.” The risk of global warming is a leading concern. Read More