Public infrastructure resilience

Tip: Invite your government relations colleagues to join you in the cohort.

Pre-reads

• Kaiser Permanente pioneers California's first medical center microgrid

• Health Care Without Harm applauds CMS waiver for renewable microgrids as hospital emergency backup power

• U.S. Climate resilience toolkit: Transportation

Discussion questions

1. How might your organization fare in the face of public infrastructure failure in transportation, water treatment, telecommunications, or utility distribution? What further resources and conversations need exploration?

2. What learnings from supply chain disruptions from the COVID-19 pandemic can be applied to resilience planning for public infrastructure?

3. Which local or regional entities are key to partner with to bolster public infrastructure resilience, and what are the next steps for engaging them?  

Key dates

Nov 2-21: Draft (or amend) public infrastructure resilience plan

Nov 22: Exchange draft public infrastructure resilience plan with peer

Dec 13: Provide feedback on peer’s draft public infrastructure resilience plan

Dec 13-27: Finalize draft of complete climate resilience plan 

Resources from session

See 2 resources from Kaiser Permanente below: