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Cities sit on the front lines of the climate crisis, but turning resilience plans into real infrastructure remains difficult. Governance fragmentation, financing gaps, regulatory friction, grid constraints, & community acceptance often slow or block urgently needed projects.
Organized by Accelerating the Transition, this session brings together city practitioners, researchers, & infrastructure experts to examine why urban climate resilience so often stalls in the US, & what it takes to actually deliver it.
Through real-world stories from Lund (Sweden), New York City & the North Valley of California, speakers will unpack how cities are deploying resilient energy systems, accelerating neighborhood-scale climate upgrades, & building institutional models that can move projects from plan to reality.
The discussion focuses on actual implementation: what worked, what didn't, how projects were financed & governed, & what conditions allowed them to move forward.
The audience will leave with concrete lessons & replicable approaches that city leaders, utilities, investors, & policymakers can apply to unlock climate resilience at scale.
For anyone working at the intersection of energy, infrastructure, cities, & climate, this conversation will offer a rare look inside how resilience projects are actually getting built & how the next wave of urban climate solutions can move faster.
Moderator: Dr. Marc A. Weiss, Chairman & CEO, Global Urban Development (GUD).
Speakers:
Jonas Birgersson, Chairman, ViaEuropa; Chair, EnergyNet Task Force; GUD Senior Fellow & Sweden Coordinator; Lund, Sweden
Linda Egin, Chief of the Technical Department, LKF, Lund, Sweden
Santino Plazola, GUD Fellow, Berkeley, CA
Dr. Thomas Pogue, Executive Director, Center for Business & Public Policy, University of the Pacific, Stockton, CA
Lou Riordan, GUD Senior Fellow, Berkeley, CA
Dr. Jan Whittington, CEO, Climate Solutions International, & Professor of Urban Design & Planning, University of Washington, Seattle, WA
Curated by Tuong-Vi An-Gourfinkel (Accelerating The Transition)
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ATT Student Fellowship & Volunteer Program
Accelerating the Transition is committed to ensuring that the next generation of climate leaders has access to the networks, ideas, & opportunities shaping the future of the clean energy transition.
Through our Student Fellowship & Volunteer Program, a limited number of students & emerging professionals will receive complimentary access to the conference.
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