Without sustainable financing, climate adaptation and resilience projects can’t get off the ground. Given that funding is a fundamental component of most successful initiatives and given shifting funding landscape – how are practitioners and municipalities leveraging varied funding sources to initiate and maintain projects? What are the costs of not including resilience in projects, and how does that inform the equation? How can other creative funding mechanisms help? Join us to hear from experts and practitioners at various scales and explore the answers to these questions.

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Forum Speakers

The Dollars and “Sense” of Resilience: The Economic Case for Adaptation Investments

Rachel Bouvier, PhD
Associate Professor of Economics
University of Southern Maine

MBTA Rethinking TOD

Scott Bosworth
Chief of Transit Oriented Development and Innovative Delivery
Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA)

Iram Farooq
Assistant City Manager for Community Development
City of Cambridge

Accelerating Climate Investment: A Capital Stack Approach

Shaun O’Rourke
Managing Director, Climate Finance
Quantified Ventures

Characteristics of Ready to Fund Resilience Projects

Joyce Coffee, LEED AP
President
Climate Resilience Consulting

Moderated Panel Discussion

Forum Co-Chairs