Brookings Metro is bringing together government, business, civic, and community leaders, as well as policy advocates and technical experts, to find the most effective and equitable ways cities and regions can rapidly reduce greenhouse gas emissions while helping our communities become more resilient to the impacts of a changing climate. Our work is part of the Brookings Initiative on Climate Research and Action, an institution-wide effort to strengthen global as well as domestic solutions.
Brookings Metro is developing innovative local and regional approaches to built environment planning, construction, and management, with the aim of promoting climate mitigation, environmental resilience, and more equitable local economies.
Brookings Metro is helping state and local leaders develop and deploy a range of public and private funding, risk data, performance targets, and risk management tools needed to mitigate climate impacts locally and encourage better decision making by market actors, government officials, community leaders, and consumers.
Brookings Metro is helping state and local leaders achieve effective and inclusive approaches for training, hiring, and retention to scale good jobs across different sectors, geographies, and workers, creating a more durable talent pipeline.
Brookings Metro is contributing to high-quality and inclusive “green growth,” a just transition for fossil fuel dependent regions, and economic resilience in the face of growing climate impacts, changing technologies, and market opportunities.
Brookings Metro is helping decisionmakers understand and address the unequal burdens of climate change that communities of color and low-income communities face—operationalizing climate equity to build more effective public policy and center these most-affected communities in climate leadership and innovation for a just transition.
