Webinar: Launch of Georgetown Climate Center Adaptation Equity Portal

Join Georgetown Climate Center for a webinar on Thursday, March 30th at 3:30 p.m. Eastern time as they launch their Adaptation Equity Portal, an online database of climate adaptation resources that provides case studies, tools, guidelines, and practical examples for integrating climate policy with environmental and social justice goals.

Recognizing that vulnerability to climate change entails not only physical risks but social and economic considerations, city leaders across the United States are trying to develop climate adaptation policies that address inequities and lessen disproportionate climate impacts on low-income residents and people of color.This webinar will feature examples of current efforts to integrate equity into adaptation planning and a demonstration of the Adaptation Equity Portal.

It will also include a discussion with representatives from the Georgetown Climate Center’s equity advisory group who informed the development of the portal and our recent equity report, and who are implementing equitable adaptation strategies in their own work and communities.

Speakers include:

• Jalonne White-Newsome, Senior Program Officer at The Kresge Foundation
• Felipe Floresca, Senior Consultant with the Emerald Cities Collaborative
• Matthew Gray, Chief of Sustainability at the City of Cleveland
• Melissa Deas, Institute Associate at the Georgetown Climate Center