Author: Alex Diaz Eco

Long-time green-economy and business journalist, sustainability analyst and communications executive, including 14 years as reporter and editor of Caribbean Business in Puerto Rico, five years as Sustainability Director at two banks on the island, general manager of a green marketing agency, and since 2014 independent strategist, blogger, consultant, freelance writer, and now Editor-Publisher of The Resilience Journal and Founder-President of COMMON Future, a climate-adaptation studio scaling game-changing Next Resilience with communications, construction and culture. Alex is also communications adviser to the American Society of Adaptation Professionals and resilience lead at the Puerto Rico chapter of the U.S. Green Building Council.

by Alex Diaz Eco February 26, 2019 0

The ‘clarion call’ of creative adaptation

When citizens huddle in coffee shops to design adaptation solutions, the “creative city” concept takes on a whole new meaning.

by Alex Diaz Eco December 15, 2018 1

SDGs 1-17 Spotlight

From the ashes of Katowice, a different phoenix must rise

The Paris Agreement became the big victim of the just concluded UN climate conference, which should translate into a massive local and global pivot toward adaptation. Here’s a year-end message to five of you who must lead the way.

by Alex Diaz Eco November 23, 2018 1

Column SDG 16: Institutions SDG 9: Industry+Innovation

Here’s an easy climate prediction

2019 will be the year adaptation mainstreams in the boardroom, now that the UN guarantees catastrophic climate change. It’s only a matter of time, and not much, before everyone gets the memo.

by Alex Diaz Eco November 1, 2018 0

SDG 14: Below Water SDG 6: Water

Acqua alta, indeed

This week’s epic flood in Venice is but the latest reminder of the systemic changes needed across the board and around the world, including a new social contract

by Alex Diaz Eco October 8, 2018 0

SDG 11: Cities SDG 16: Institutions

Age of Migration 2: the new destination cities

Does your city compete to become the best place to live and run a business? Well, if you have the right location and resilience plan in place, you may be positioned to compete on a brave new front.

by Alex Diaz Eco October 8, 2018 1

SDG 11: Cities SDG 16: Institutions

Age of Migration 1: time to face it

Want an easy prediction? As climate change worsens, vulnerable cities and communities will flock to managed-retreat plans. Given today’s UN Climate Report, they won’t have a choice.

by Alex Diaz Eco September 20, 2018 2

SDG 16: Institutions Special: Puerto Rico Spotlight

The post-María Puerto Rico story you won’t read anywhere else

As we remember 9/20, a more menacing storm is brewing on this U.S. territory, with lessons for islands and coasts everywhere

by Alex Diaz Eco September 13, 2018 1

Column SDG 13: Climate Action

Cone of uncertainty

As Florence smashes into the Carolinas, a reflection on the imperative to adapt, now that the new normal has arrived