Giving Compass' Take:

• In his Smart Cities Dive brief, Jason Plautz offers details on London's expansive resilience plans, including preparation for long-term impacts of climate change and Brexit. 

• Should other cities adopt similar, wide-ranging strategies in preparation for the future? Are you ready to support the execution of resilience plans?

• Discover how other communities are prioritizing climate change in their resilience strategies.

London Mayor Sadiq Khan announced the city’s first resilience strategy to organize the city’s preparation for long-term threats including climate change and the economic impact of Brexit.

London’s resilience plan —​ which has been years in the making —​ shows that vulnerabilities are not exclusive to weather and climate change. Londoners must also deal with the economic uncertainty that comes from Brexit and the long-term impacts of the UK’s austerity policies. The plan goes beyond physical infrastructure, touching on the city’s social services, the National Health System and even social integration.

London’s varied approach showed that the city was thinking beyond traditional silos to integrate resilience across different government functions, according to Jeb Brugmann, a long-time urban adviser and founding principal of Resilient Cities Catalyst, the new nonprofit from former 100RC executives.

"The key thing is after the strategy is released, the pressure is on the political leadership to make it happen," Brugmann, a former 100RC executive, told Smart Cities dive. "Resilience is about adaptive capacity to not just be stuck on one theme and move that forward, but to recognize the stressors and adapt."

Read the full article about London's new, inclusive resilience strategy by Jason Plautz at Smart Cities Dive.