Philadelphia is receiving a $600,000 grant from the William Penn Foundation to develop a Climate Resilience Plan. Announced on Monday, the funding will be used by the City’s Office of Sustainability in partnership with the Philadelphia City Fund, according to the City of Philadelphia.

Chief Deputy Mayor Sinceré Harris stated, "Philadelphians are already feeling the impacts of climate change." "This plan will provide crucial guidance to build Philadelphia’s resilience, protecting residents, communities, businesses and infrastructure." The updated resilience plan will involve a public engagement process to gather input from city residents. The Office of Sustainability is building on existing climate risk assessments and will hire a Climate Resilience Planning and Engagement Specialist to ensure that community feedback is incorporated into the planning process, as reported by the City of Philadelphia.

Philadelphia is updating its climate resilience plan and is inviting residents and local organizations citywide to help shape it to ensure it reflects their community’s needs and experiences with climate impacts. The plan will include strategies like steering committees, Resilience Ambassadors, workshops, and arts activities. This update follows the city’s first resilience plan from 2015. Abby Sullivan, the City’s Chief Resilience Officer, said, "An update to the climate resilience plan is long overdue and we are thrilled to now have the resources to partner with community members and stakeholders on this planning process," and "We invite residents and local organizations citywide to help shape the updated climate resilience plan to ensure it reflects their community’s needs and experiences with climate impacts," as stated by the City of Philadelphia.