What is a Forum?
Forums are designed to catalyze interdisciplinary, focused thinking, shifting from siloed and slow solutions we are currently using today, too fast, impactful action.
Forum Format
The Forum does not have any speakers or PowerPoints! It is interactive and engaging at each step.
The first half of a RAPID forum focuses on ideation and what it means to be in a climate emergency and the questions we need to ask before we start creating solutions.
The second half of the Forum engages all participants in establishing multi-benefit, implementable strategies within a specific five-year framework.
The day will wrap up with the identification of the most impactful and promising strategies to refine and implement within five years.
What happens after?
While we call it the Forum, it is much more impactful than a single day. The major benefit of our approach is the laser focus on what happens after the event. Our team will implement findings into current work and future projects geared toward mitigating climate change at the local government level.
RAPID Action Platforms
The following action platforms focus on climate change strategies that have the potential to enact the greatest impact on local communities and use the Bay Area Region as the pilot area for the strategies. During forums, Teams are working on implementing these concepts to make them a reality. We anticipate that many if not all of the actions will be applicable at a broader scale.
