Draft Strategy Rubric

Thank you for your interest in competing for the Best for New Mexico Prize under the Resilient Futures Initiative - a 2025 campaign to build local capacity to plan for, adapt to, and mitigate extreme weather and climate pollution in New Mexico. This page provides more details on the DRAFT Strategy Rubric. The strategy rubric will be edited and adopted by the Community Task Force in 2025 and used to rank and score potential resilience strategies submitted by staff, consultants, partners, and the community.

DRAFT Rubric

Cost of strategy

  • +4 Revenue-generating or self-sustaining

  • +2 No cost or budget neutral

  • -1 Minor cost, funding identified

  • -2 Minor cost, funding not identified

  • -3 Major cost, funding identified

  • -4 Major cost, funding not identified

Climate pollution

  • +4 repairs root causes of environmental harm, brings structural and systemic changes such as large policy and budgetary action

  • +2 Mitigates symptoms of systemic environmental contamination, works within the current system to make it better, such as adopting electric alternatives to technology

  • -2 Maintains the status quo

  • -4 Perpetuates systems that contribute to pollution and environmental harm

Ratio of dollars to climate pollution reduction potential

  • +4 Under $100/MT of C02e reduction

  • +1 Between $300-2,000/MT of C02e reduction

  • -4 Over $2,000/MT of C02e reduction

Community co-benefits (select all that apply)

  • +1 Adaptation

  • +1 Air quality

  • +1 Climate mitigation

  • +1 Economic development

  • +1 Health outcomes

  • +1 Quality of life

  • +1 Biodiversity

  • +1 Soil health

Frontline community benefits

  • +8 repairs root causes of disparities, brings structural and systemic changes such as large policy and budgetary action

  • +4 Mitigates symptoms of systemic burdens, interpersonal and operational changes, works within the current system to make it better, such as inclusive access to existing services

  • -4 Maintains the status quo of disparities

  • -8 Perpetuates disparities and harm

Favorable policy environment and/or elected official buy-in

  • +2 Aligns with previously stated goals, plans, and political agenda

  • +1 Aligns with previously stated goals, plans, or political agenda

Demonstration of prior success

  • +4 Has been successfully implemented locally and received positive community feedback

  • +1 Has been piloted successfully elsewhere in communities similar to Central New Mexico or is recommended by research institutions or studies

  • -2 No evidence or prior success provided

Implementation barriers (select all that apply)

  • -1 Requires local legislative changes

  • -2 Requires state legislative changes

  • -3 Requires federal legislative reform or regulatory requirements

  • -1 Requires personnel time

Technological readiness (select all that apply)

  • +4 Proof of success at scale in peer region

  • 0 Proof of concept

  • -2 No proof at scale

  • -4 In research and development stage