IDENTIFYING STRATEGIES FOR BUILDING PARTNERSHIPS AND CLIMATE CHANGE RESILIENCE

The Brooklyn Bridge to Cambodia (BB2C) is a social enterprise startup based in the United States and Cambodia that develops innovative equipment for smallholder Cambodian farmers through human-centered design and local insights. Seeking to develop an adaptive strategy to serve farmers better and broaden its market impact, the BB2C enlisted a Capstone team to identify promising practices and tools around climate change resilience and recommend strategies for partnership development. The team studied and synthesized information collected through extensive desktop research, interviews with subject matter experts and stakeholders, a two-week field visit in Cambodia, and facilitated team strategy sessions. Following this investigation, the team conducted a cost-benefit analysis, an organizational needs assessment, and an environmental scan of climate change in Cambodia. The team recommended technological and organizational improvements to BB2C's strategy and developed a practical tool to help BB2C assess future partnership opportunities.