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Financing Climate Resilience & Mitigation Workshop

May 1, 2019 @ 8:30 am - 4:00 pm

Free
Massive amounts capital will be required to implement resilience improvements to crucial infrastructure projects and protect our communities.
You are invited to a special workshop featuring experts at Harvard and The Nature Conservancy working on the leading edge of resilience finance. Speakers will discuss resilience planning, asset prioritization, cost-benefit-analysis, methods for quantifying natural and hybrid green infrastructure, and diverse funding mechanisms.
  • Morning Keynote – Investing in Resilience: Cities, Structures, and Capital, Professor John Macomber, Harvard Business School
  • Panel Discussion – Financing Municipal Renewable Energy & Efficiency
  • Hands-on workshop – Methodologies for Financing Resilience, Laura O’Connell, Harvard Kennedy School of Government
The program will also include a presentation about The Nature Conservancy‘s recent collaboration with Chubb Insurance to demonstrate the flood protection benefits of nature-based solutions. The project is designed to serve as a model that can be replicated in coastal cities in the U.S. and globally. Chubb Insurance is the world’s largest publicly traded property and casualty insurer. CMs will be provided. Seating is limited, so please register today.
Who Should Attend:
  • Resilience, Sustainability managers/officers
  • Public Works Directors/officers
  • Capital Improvements managers/officers
  • Financial managers/officers
  • Planning Directors
  • Engineering Consultants
WHEN: May 1, 8:30-4:00
WHERE: Tampa Bay Regional Planning Council, 4000 Gateway Centre Blvd, Pinellas Park, FL
CMs will be provided.
Seating is limited, so please register today.

Details

Date:
May 1, 2019
Time:
8:30 am - 4:00 pm
Cost:
Free
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