EDD Principals Travel for Mission in Grenada

New York City Urban Field Station Science of the Living City Seminar
EDD principals Franco Montalto and Eric Rothstein traveled to Grenada for the first of 6 missions funded by the Green Climate Fund. During this first meeting they met with various stakeholders from the private sector, civil society and government, including the Deputy Prime Minister, three Permanent Secretaries, and the new national Minister for Resilience, the Environment, Forestry, Fisheries, Disaster Management and Information, pictured above. Specifically, the goal of this first mission was to synthesize local knowledge regarding the climate risks faced by this small island state, and how its wastewater, drainage, roadway, and coastal infrastructure could potentially be upgraded to reduce those risks.  Mission 2, which will be in October, will include a three day workshop to go further in elaborating these infrastructure-driven resilience strategies.