Press Release Archives - Institute for Sustainable Communities

by ISC Staff | April 11, 2022

The Future of Renewable Energy Must Include Equitable Access

The Institute for Sustainable Communities recognizes the science from the latest IPCC report. We must reduce our dependence on fossil fuels and more urgently pursue climate action through renewable energy. The path forward must consider who [...]

Current Events

by ISC Staff | April 7, 2022

Confirmation Of Judge Jackson To the U.S. Supreme Court an Important Milestone for Racial Justice

The Institute for Sustainable Communities celebrates President Biden’s nomination of Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson to become the 116th associate justice of the United States Supreme Court. Today, for the first time in our nation’s history, a Black [...]

Current Events

by ISC Staff | February 25, 2022

ISC’s Response to President Biden’s Supreme Court Nomination

The Institute for Sustainable Communities celebrates President Biden’s nomination of Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson to become the 116th associate justice of the United States Supreme Court. Today, for the first time in our nation’s history, a Black [...]

ISC Update

by ISC Staff | December 21, 2021

GIFT FROM CBRE WILL SUPPORT EQUITY INITIATIVES AT THE INSTITUTE

WASHINGTON (December 21, 2021) – Climate change affects those that have the least to do with causing the problem the most. A new multi-million-dollar commitment from the CBRE Foundation, the philanthropic arm of CBRE Group, Inc. (NYSE: CBRE), to [...]

Press Release

by ISC Staff | August 24, 2021

HOUSE PASSAGE OF LANDMARK BUDGET RESOLUTION A WIN FOR HISTORICALLY DISINVESTED COMMUNITIES OF COLOR

WASHINGTON (August 24, 2021) – Tuesday, the U.S. House of Representatives advanced a $3.5 trillion budget resolution framework that would fund policies to improve roads and bridges, protect watersheds, and build resilience to climate change. The [...]

Press Release

by ISC Staff | August 9, 2021

INSTITUTE FOR SUSTAINABLE COMMUNITIES RESPONDS TO THE UNITED NATIONS INTERGOVERNMENTAL PANEL ON CLIMATE CHANGE

WASHINGTON (August 9, 2021) – The United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change released its latest report on the science of climate change Monday, finding it “unequivocal that human influence has warmed the atmosphere, ocean and [...]

ISC Update

by ISC Staff | August 6, 2021

INSTITUTE FOR SUSTAINABLE COMMUNITIES LAUNCHES CLIMATE EQUITY TRAINING PROGRAM

For immediate release:WASHINGTON (August 6, 2021) – This week, the Institute for Sustainable Communities launched our climate change training academy for city officials and communities in Tampa Bay, Cincinnati, and Baton Rouge. Our Regional [...]

ISC Update

by ISC Staff | June 7, 2021

Institute for Sustainable Communities receives funding from Swedish Postcode Foundation to decarbonize Chinese cities

Washington, DC 20 May 2020 For immediate release: The Institute for Sustainable Communities (ISC) is launching an 18-month project to dramatically reduce global climate emissions and the scale of global climate disruption in Changsha, [...]

ISC Update

by ISC Staff | January 7, 2021

Dr. Panjabrao Deshmukh Krishi Vidyapeeth and the Institute for Sustainable Communities Join Hands to Promote Water Stewardship and Climate Resilience with Cotton Farmers in Vidarbha

Thursday, January 7th, 2021 Akola, Maharashtra Dr. Panjabrao Deshmukh Krishi Vidyapeeth (PDKV), Akola and the Institute for Sustainable Communities (ISC) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on Wednesday, January 6th, 2021 - to [...]

ISC Update

by ISC Staff | September 28, 2020

Deeohn Ferris to Lead Global Climate Change Institute

Ferris Named President of the Institute for Sustainable Communities Montpelier, Vt. (September 28, 2020) - Environmental justice leader Deeohn Ferris, JD, has been named president of the Institute for Sustainable Communities (ISC), a global [...]

News

by ISC Staff | October 10, 2019

New Cohort of Partners Join Partnership for Resilient Communities

For Immediate Release: October 11, 2019New Cohort of Partners Join Partnership for Resilient Communities National equity-centered climate program welcomes new and returning partnersOctober 11, 2019 – The Institute for Sustainable Communities [...]

ISC Update

by ISC Staff | June 14, 2019

Request for Proposals: Partnership for Resilient Communities

Please Note: The Deadline for Submissions has Passed About the Partnership for Resilient CommunitiesIn 2016, The JPB Foundation awarded ISC with a multi-year grant to pilot the Partnership for Resilient Communities - with the goal of [...]

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