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Networking on the Trails: Mass Audubon’s Climate Initiatives

Mass Audubon's Broadmoor Wildlife Sanctuary 280 Eliot Street, Natick, MA

Join the Climate Adaptation Forum community for a learning and networking opportunity at Mass Audubon's Broadmoor Wildlife Sanctuary in Natick, MA! Mass Audubon will present on their important climate initiatives and be available for Q&A. The property will then be yours to explore! Registration Registration is free. Advance registration is required for entry.

Sweltering Heat Waves and Increasing Drought: Can the Northeast handle the heat?

UMass Club 32nd Floor, 1 Beacon St, Boston, MA

In the Northeast, extreme heat and drought may seem inconsequential when it comes to our list of weather woes. However, increasingly hot summers and lower levels of groundwater are showing us that those issues are not limited to the Western US – infamous for forest fires and drought. The Forum will bring in a diverse…

Risks and Opportunity Markets: Climate Change and the Housing Crisis

Virtual Event

The Climate Adaptation Forum is a collaboration between the Environmental Business Council and the Sustainable Solutions Lab at the University of Massachusetts Boston. The September Climate Adaptation Forum will focus on the impacts of climate change on the U.S. housing market– both negative consequences and potential opportunities—as well as the role and the need for…

Nature-Based Adaptation: Getting to Scale

CDM Smith 75 State Street, Boston, MA

Flooding risks, sea level rise, storm surges, and extreme heat are accelerating with a changing climate. Ecosystems are also at risk, along with the social, economic, and environmental benefits they provide. Nature-based climate adaptation approaches offer opportunities to bring people into greater harmony with ecology, secure and enhance ecosystem services for future generations, and cost-effectively…

Creating Pathways into Climate Adaptation and Resilience: Training Future Leaders

Nutter McClennen & Fish LLP, Louis D. Brandeis Conference Center 155 Seaport Boulevard, Boston, MA

The climate resilience field is rapidly growing. As climate disasters increase and climate risks become more and more obvious, the need for adaptation professionals continues to increase. Who is training the next generation of climate resilience leaders? How can we ensure that these jobs are going to a diverse group of people? And what are…

Emerging Governance Structures for Climate Resilience

Nutter McClennen & Fish LLP, Louis D. Brandeis Conference Center 155 Seaport Boulevard, Boston, MA

State and local governments across the country are grappling with turning climate adaptation plans into action. These plans often involve expensive and large scale capital projects on both public and private property. This undertaking requires innovative thinking on governance from creating new county and statewide resilience authorities to empowering existing local boards and commissions. Join…

Lessons Learned: How We Adapt on the Road to Climate Adaptation

Virtual Event

Climate change adaptation is characterized by flexibility—our ability to adapt to an unprecedented crisis. Across geographies, scales, and focus areas, we’ve seen many successful examples of climate adaptation projects, many of which we’ve featured in our forums. But these successes would not have been possible without the ability to pivot in the face of obstacles.…

Crisis as Catalyst: Meeting the Moment with Transformational Investments

Nutter McClennen & Fish LLP, Louis D. Brandeis Conference Center 155 Seaport Boulevard, Boston, MA

In the wake of a crisis, be it an extreme weather event, a pandemic, or something else, political dynamics shift that catalyze innovation and usher in possibilities previously deemed unimaginable. Join the Climate Adaptation Forum on November 30th to learn about these critical junctures in history when opportunities to do the impossible became reality. We'll…

Climate Adaptation at the Regional Scale: From Planning to Implementation

Foley Hoag 155 Seaport Boulevard, Boston, MA

Flooding, sea level rise, storm surge, heat, and other climate change challenges cross-cut political boundaries. Facing a crisis without set boundaries, how can communities, agencies, and non-profit organizations plan for climate change at the regional scale? Join experts from across the country to learn about different regional approaches to building climate change resilience for people…

“Inundation District” Film Screening & Panel Discussion – What Happens When a Vulnerable City Builds by the Sea?

Foley Hoag 155 Seaport Boulevard, Boston, MA

Co-hosted by the Environmental Business Council of New England and the Climate Adaptation Forum “In a time of rising seas and intensifying storms, one of the world’s wealthiest, most-educated cities made a fateful decision to spend billions of dollars erecting a new district along its coast — on landfill, at sea level.” Join colleagues for a…