Climate Ready City Toolbox All Climate ReadyGreen CityBuilt EnvironmentHealthy City Filter By Type - Any -Case StudyConference SummaryEvent RecordingFact SheetVideo InterviewWebinar Filter By Topic - Any -Air pollutionBiodiversityDesign & MaterialsEquity & CultureFloodingGreen spacesHeatInfrastructureLand UseMobilitySea-level riseUrban AgricultureUrbanizationWasteWaterWildfire Apply Event Recording Hixon Conference 2023 - Welcome Hixon Center Faculty Director Professor Karen Seto welcomes audience to 2023 Hixon Urban Conference, titled "Urban Forests: Solutions for a Changing Climate" Event Recording Hixon Conference 2023: Opening Keynote Listen to Dr Beattra Wilson, Assistant Director of the Urban and Community Forestry Program, USDA Forest Service provide the opening keynote address Conference Summary Innovative Strategies to Increase Canopy Cover - From Local to National Investing in local communities and leveraging governmental funding opportunities can build momentum toward increased canopy cover Video Interview Mayor of Bratislava's 10,000 tree initiative Listen to Matúš Vallo, Mayor of Bratislava, Slovakia speak about the city's ambitious 10,000 tree initiative, which includes having a tree on every street Video Interview Mayor of Freetown on using trees to address heat Listen to Mayor Aki-Sawyerr of Freetown, Sierra Leone detail the city's innovative approach to planting 1 million trees by 2024 Event Recording Models for Urban Transformation: Climate Budgeting in Oslo Listen to Guro Watten Furu of Oslo's Climate Agency discuss the transformative impacts of the city's climate budgeting process Event Recording Models for Urban Transformation: Climate-Resilient Housing in Buenos Aires Listen to Julieta Meroño of the Buenos Aires Housing Institute explain the city's participatory, resilience-focused development approach in informal settlements Event Recording Models for Urban Transformation: Green Community Schoolyards in New York City Listen to Mary Alice Lee of Trust for Public Land (TPL) describe the sustained impacts of the Green Community Schoolyards program Event Recording Models for Urban Transformation: Waste Management in Fortaleza Fortaleza City Hall shares insights into Re-Ciclo, its waste management initiative that integrates informal workers and e-mobility for a clean city. Fact Sheet Predicting Urban Warming Adaptation planning must consider that cities are warming faster. Conference Summary Protecting Threatened Natural Forests in Cities Innovative management techniques can help us ensure the long-term conservation of undervalued natural forests Case Study Reflective Roofs to Cool Cities Painting roofs a lighter color can help protect residents from dangerous urban heat Fact Sheet Residential Segregation and Summertime Heat Across the northeastern US, marginalized communities face unequal heat exposure, leading to health risks and energy costs Conference Summary Transformative Leadership - Decision Makers at the Forefront of Change Sustaining long-term urban forestry programs means building institutional structures that respond to needs on the ground Fact Sheet Unequal Heat Exposure Across the United States, poor residents and residents of color are disproportionately burdened by heat Conference Summary Urban Canopies to Mitigate Heat With accurate data and robust community consultation, tree planting efforts can provide lifesaving cooling to urban residents Video Interview Vice-Governor of Heraklion on increasing urban greenery Listen to Vice-Governor Yiannis Anastasakis of Heraklion, Crete share how the municipality has been able to achieve a 50% increase in green areas in 10 years Case Study Waste Management in Fortaleza Integrating informal workers and e-mobility for a clean city Pagination First page First Previous page Previous Page 1 Current page 2
Event Recording Hixon Conference 2023 - Welcome Hixon Center Faculty Director Professor Karen Seto welcomes audience to 2023 Hixon Urban Conference, titled "Urban Forests: Solutions for a Changing Climate"
Event Recording Hixon Conference 2023: Opening Keynote Listen to Dr Beattra Wilson, Assistant Director of the Urban and Community Forestry Program, USDA Forest Service provide the opening keynote address
Conference Summary Innovative Strategies to Increase Canopy Cover - From Local to National Investing in local communities and leveraging governmental funding opportunities can build momentum toward increased canopy cover
Video Interview Mayor of Bratislava's 10,000 tree initiative Listen to Matúš Vallo, Mayor of Bratislava, Slovakia speak about the city's ambitious 10,000 tree initiative, which includes having a tree on every street
Video Interview Mayor of Freetown on using trees to address heat Listen to Mayor Aki-Sawyerr of Freetown, Sierra Leone detail the city's innovative approach to planting 1 million trees by 2024
Event Recording Models for Urban Transformation: Climate Budgeting in Oslo Listen to Guro Watten Furu of Oslo's Climate Agency discuss the transformative impacts of the city's climate budgeting process
Event Recording Models for Urban Transformation: Climate-Resilient Housing in Buenos Aires Listen to Julieta Meroño of the Buenos Aires Housing Institute explain the city's participatory, resilience-focused development approach in informal settlements
Event Recording Models for Urban Transformation: Green Community Schoolyards in New York City Listen to Mary Alice Lee of Trust for Public Land (TPL) describe the sustained impacts of the Green Community Schoolyards program
Event Recording Models for Urban Transformation: Waste Management in Fortaleza Fortaleza City Hall shares insights into Re-Ciclo, its waste management initiative that integrates informal workers and e-mobility for a clean city.
Fact Sheet Predicting Urban Warming Adaptation planning must consider that cities are warming faster.
Conference Summary Protecting Threatened Natural Forests in Cities Innovative management techniques can help us ensure the long-term conservation of undervalued natural forests
Case Study Reflective Roofs to Cool Cities Painting roofs a lighter color can help protect residents from dangerous urban heat
Fact Sheet Residential Segregation and Summertime Heat Across the northeastern US, marginalized communities face unequal heat exposure, leading to health risks and energy costs
Conference Summary Transformative Leadership - Decision Makers at the Forefront of Change Sustaining long-term urban forestry programs means building institutional structures that respond to needs on the ground
Fact Sheet Unequal Heat Exposure Across the United States, poor residents and residents of color are disproportionately burdened by heat
Conference Summary Urban Canopies to Mitigate Heat With accurate data and robust community consultation, tree planting efforts can provide lifesaving cooling to urban residents
Video Interview Vice-Governor of Heraklion on increasing urban greenery Listen to Vice-Governor Yiannis Anastasakis of Heraklion, Crete share how the municipality has been able to achieve a 50% increase in green areas in 10 years
Case Study Waste Management in Fortaleza Integrating informal workers and e-mobility for a clean city
