Climate Ready City Toolbox

Listen to Sharon Danks, Founder of Green Schoolyards America, speak about how most schoolyards in the US expose children to unacceptable levels of heat, and steps that can be taken to address this issue

Neighborhoods historically marked as "less desirable" face higher risks of flooding and extreme heat

Listen to Regents Professor, Nancy Grimm (ASU) provide the closing keynote address

Panel 1: Transformative Leadership - Decision Makers at the Forefront of Change. Panelists discuss how their roles as mayors and vice-mayors are crucial in addressing the climate crisis and enact effective change

Panel 2: Protecting Threatened Natural Forests in Cities. Panelists discuss key threats to urban forests and strategies to care for tree canopy

Panel 3: Urban Tree Canopies to Mitigate Heat. Panelists discuss implications of the Urban Heat Island effect and approaches to using trees to mitigate heat

Panel 4: Innovative Strategies to Increase Canopy Cover. Panelists discuss how to best direct resources to create urban forestry opportunities across the US

Hixon Center Faculty Director Professor Karen Seto welcomes audience to 2023 Hixon Urban Conference, titled "Urban Forests: Solutions for a Changing Climate"

Listen to Dr Beattra Wilson, Assistant Director of the Urban and Community Forestry Program, USDA Forest Service provide the opening keynote address

Investing in local communities and leveraging governmental funding opportunities can build momentum toward increased canopy cover

Listen to the Executive Director of Mural Arts Philadelphia share how public art has transformed her city

Better understanding of the consequences of floods can aid the allocation of health care resources after disasters

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

Listen to Mayor Aki-Sawyerr of Freetown, Sierra Leone detail the city's innovative approach to planting 1 million trees by 2024

Listen to Guro Watten Furu of Oslo's Climate Agency discuss the transformative impacts of the city's climate budgeting process

Listen to Julieta Meroño of the Buenos Aires Housing Institute explain the city's participatory, resilience-focused development approach in informal settlements

Listen to Mary Alice Lee of Trust for Public Land (TPL) describe the sustained impacts of the Green Community Schoolyards program

Listen to Dr. Tony Wong of Monash University share how Makassar is reimagining water, sanitation and health in informal settlements