Updates from the field of nature-based solutions
Colorado Front Range Urban Forestry Consortium Announces Creation of Steering Committee for Transformative Initiative to Advance Climate Resilience
The Colorado Front Range Urban Forestry Consortium is thrilled to announce 18 distinguished individuals selected to serve on its Steering Committee, a pivotal step in driving forward the region's urban forestry initiatives. Comprising leaders from various sectors across the Front Range, the Consortium’s mission is to foster regional coordination, advance equity, and promote climate action through innovative urban forestry strategies for resilient and vibrant communities.
USDN & Center for Regenerative Solutions Awarded $28M from the U.S. Forest Service to Expand Urban & Community Forestry Programs Across the U.S.
The U.S. Forest Service has appointed CRS and USDN as National Pass-Through Partners, and we have been awarded $28 million of the historic $1B in funding from the Inflation Reduction Act to re-grant to communities across the U.S. for Urban & Community Forestry.
Regenerative Nature-Based Solutions as the Missing Link in Addressing Our Emerging Climate Polycrisis
The current carbon math paradigm has failed us by oversimplifying the complex dynamics of the living systems of our planet and prioritizing a limited set of “solutions”. An understanding of nature’s capacity for regeneration and resilience— and communities’ role in these processes— gives us a blueprint to stabilize the climate and usher solutions to numerous interconnected environmental and social crises globally. We must invest in Regenerative Nature-Based Solutions as public goods with extraordinary public benefits, not as traditionally profitable schemes the likes of which dominate current climate innovation and financing. While politically difficult, the uphill battle to bring these solutions to scale is not only necessary but also immensely possible in light of the billions of people who stand to benefit and whose voices, wisdom, and determination can be mobilized in support of regenerative actions.
Announcing the Urban Landscapes Climate Action Guide — New Resources for Cities
This guide provides a framework, resources, templates, and guidance for cities to assess local climate action opportunities through the lens of urban landscapes and organic resources management with respect to three core objectives: mitigation, adaptation & resilience, and equity.
Trees for Community Recovery: A National Urban Forests Expansion Campaign
Over the past year, an organizing group including Urban Drawdown Initiative, Trust for Public Land, Urban Sustainability Directors Network, American Forests, and Davey Tree have convened a campaign called Trees for Community Recovery (T4CR).
