The challenge: Climate hazards don’t stop at municipal boundaries and our adaptation strategies cannot either. Many municipalities and climate-based organizations lack the capacity to manage much-needed funding from State and Federal programs.
The solution: Greenbelt Alliance is working to foster the collaboration needed across boundaries to plan, implement, and manage long-term resilience projects. We are facilitating the governance structures, dialogues, coordination, and best practices to strengthen cities and counties working better together—increasing equitable and impactful outcomes. Here’s how…
Greenbelt Alliance is sharing research and best practices for crafting climate-resilient governance models with city and county staff. Given climate impacts often have no boundaries, we are also facilitating cross-jurisdiction learning opportunities.
Sharing information in this way provides the space necessary for places to work together and support one another in order to address complex adaptation challenges.
Greenbelt Alliance is supporting local planning initiatives and policy campaigns that prioritize climate-governance solutions. We are activating our strong base of advocates to hold decision makers accountable when allocating resources.
By working at the community-level and amplifying local organizations’ initiatives, we can ensure funding goes where it is needed most for climate risk reduction and resilience results.
Greenbelt Alliance is working with leaders in climate-vulnerable communities to develop governance structures that tap in to, and leverage funding that will enable long-term operations and maintenance of nature-based solutions.
This collective work is critical to help local governments protect its residents from climate impacts.
For decades, California has been building new homes in the wrong places. State-level policies can help streamline the patchwork of local laws and improve outcomes for both housing and conservation. Read more.
Check out the in-depth conversation about wildfire resilience with Napa Firewise, an organization that has emerged as a leader in regional collaboration.
We packed the house at the Special Oakland Candidate Forum! Over a hundred Oaklanders joined us for an engaging candidate forum focused on the special election for Mayor and City Council District Two. Greenbelt Alliance teamed up with East Bay For Everyone, Save The Bay, and the Housing Action Coalition to host this exciting forum
