On June 15th, 2024, Carson Risner (Senior Research Analyst) presented at the Equitable Green Infrastructure in a Changing Climate webinar, part of the Green Infrastructure Webinar Series hosted by Shannon Sloane Pepper of the Southwest Environmental Finance Center, organized by the Environmental Finance Center network, and sponsored by the Environmental Protection Agency.
The Environmental Finance Center Network capacity-building programs provide training and technical assistance to small water, wastewater, and stormwater utilities. The series highlights ways by which broad partnerships—including engineers, policy makers, landscape architects, economists, and community coalitions—are important to effectively plan, implement, and maintain green infrastructure.
Carson explained how economic assessments of ecosystem services benefits can be used to build support nature-based solutions for sustainable and resilient communities. Anthropocene Alliance’s Dany Garcia Moreno also presented their work to engage and connect frontline communities to technical assistance providers to support the planning and funding of nature-based solutions.
More than 170 people attended, including planners, designers, or engineers (35%), public works professionals (27%), elected officials and policy makers (19%), stormwater managers (12%), and community groups (6%).
The full webinar is available on the Environmental Finance Center Network’s YouTube channel.