This session discussed the Urban and Community Forestry Grants under the Inflation Reduction Act and explored how equity and climate policy intersect with the Administration’s Justice40 initiative. Featured speakers included Brenda Mallory, Chair of the White House Council on Environmental Quality, The White House; Mike Bloomberg, former Mayor of New York City and Founder of Bloomberg Philanthropies; Mayor Kathy Sheenan of Albany, NY; Mayor Lauren McClean of Boise, ID; Angela Tovar, Chief Sustainability Officer, City of Chicago; Joel Pannell, VP of Urban Forest Policy, American Forests; and more!
Getting Started: Resilient Infrastructure
In 2023 alone, the U.S. experienced 28 “billion-dollar disasters,” according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA); this has been followed by 24 such disasters in 2024, through November 1, 2024. Damages from all events in 2023 totaled at least...