Level

Examples of components

1) Political and financial seed capital

· Mobilization of sufficient seed capital politically by gaining support of leaders at different levels (local, national, global), among diverse stakeholder groups.

· Mobilization of sufficient seed capital financially by gaining $ support from a diversity of sources (funding diversity mitigates the influence of one powerful entity).

2) Human resources, education and training, public awareness-raising

· Education programs and curricula from Kindergarten through 12^th grade. Engagement with teachers and youth through place-based learning. ICPs as learning platforms.

· Education programs/curricula in higher education. Place-based learning for students, engaged scholarship and practice for faculty. ICPs as learning platforms.

· Media, messaging and journalism about resilience issues to inform the public and policy makers. Countering of climate-change denial. Translation of science for public discourse.

3) Shared information and knowledge resources

· Co-production of knowledge, shared information resources.

· Use of web-based, open-source GIS platforms that are populated by data from stakeholders, with QC/QA by academic researchers. Images and narratives included.

· Climate-change projections for each region are kept up-to-date, and impact implications.

· Existing sector systems (e.g. water, energy, transportation, health care) shown.

4) Policy making, decision making and governance

· Policy making at local, regional and national levels are coordinated and share information and capacity (via #3). Decision-making processes are transparent, participatory (see Figure 1).

· Contemplates laws, regulations, incentives for innovation (e.g. energy innovation, water saving), equitable pricing of basic services (water, energy).

5) Appropriate technologies and infrastructure

· Design and deployment, via process of Figure 1, of technologies and infrastructures that support sustainability of sectors like water, sanitation, energy, food and agriculture, transportation etc.

· Investment and creation of climate-resilient systems (new training from Level #2).

6) Enterprise development

· Stimulation of local/regional sources of entrepreneurship, products and services, replacing seed financial capital in Level #1.

· Incentives for innovation from Level #4 drive local and regional efforts socially and technically.