How Nature-Based Solutions Can Make Communities Resilient to Climate Impacts
In this panel discussion, you’ll hear from state agency representatives, advocates, and practitioners about how they are working to scale up nature-based solutions to help communities adapt to the climate crisis.
2:40 PM - 3:40 PMTue
Bataglieri
Carbon Drawdown
Speakers
Dan Kalb
Board member
Civicwell
Virginia Jameson
Deputy Secretary for Climate and Working Lands
California Department of Food and Agriculture
Alejandra Chiesa
Vice President
Green Schoolyards America
Ryan Burnett
Sierra Nevada Group Director
Point Blue Conservation Science
From devastating flooding in 2023 to record-breaking temperatures in 2024 and catastrophic wildfires already in 2025, it’s clear that California must prepare its communities and lands for the inevitable disasters to come. Nature-based solutions — like urban greening, prescribed burns, and regenerative agriculture — are essential to reducing future emissions, drawing down past emissions, and building resilience to climate impacts. In this panel discussion, you’ll hear from state agency representatives, advocates, and practitioners about how they are working to scale up nature-based solutions to help communities adapt to the climate crisis.