ASAP’s Adaptation Co-Creation Series showcases climate change adaptation and climate resilience practice across a variety of sectors and regions. Each webinar explores how cross-sector partnerships enable action and innovation on the ground to create more resilient communities, ecosystems, and economies. ASAP Members attend for free!
2022-2023 Series Information
This year's Co-Creation Webinar Series consisted of three themed sessions featuring all-star ASAP members discussing the latest advancements in climate change adaptation and climate resilience practices!
Upcoming Dates and Themes: TBA
Sponsorship Opportunities
Adaptation leaders from within and beyond current ASAP membership are invited to contribute to the series by:
- Joining as an active participant to learn from members and fellow adaptation leaders.
- Presenting a project that highlights the value of partnerships in advancing adaptation innovations.
- Sponsoring a session in the series [$2,500].
- Sponsoring the full series [$10,000].
To get involved email Rachel Jacobson directly at rjacobson@adaptpros.org .
Sponsorship Benefits
Sponsor the Full Series ($10,000)
- Your organization’s name included in the series’ title
- Your organization’s logo included on all promotional materials
- Your organization thanked during each webinar
- Opportunity to highlight up to three of your organization’s projects throughout the series or craft framing remarks and questions for up to three webinars.
Sponsor a Single Session ($2,500)
- Your organization’s logo included on all promotional materials
- Opportunity for one or both case studies to feature your organization’s projects
- Opportunity to craft framing remarks and questions
- Your organization thanked during the webinar
2022 Webinar Sessions
Webinar 1: The Adaptation + Mitigation Nexus: Transportation Innovations with Parametrix
This webinar explored how cross-sector partnerships are enabling innovative transportation programs with a myriad of benefits for both climate adaptation and mitigation. Parametrix and their partners across the public and private sectors presented on two fantastic projects:
- The Oddie/Wells Project is a complete streets initiative constructing safety improvements, sidewalks, and cycle tracks in low-income communities of Reno and Sparks, NV. Participants learned how the project is increasing safety and mobility to support active, low-carbon transportation options; planting street trees to reduce heat island effects and sequester carbon; and investing in a historically underserved area to support community engagement and cohesion.
- The Interstate 5 Bridge Replacement Program is transforming a critical regional, national, and international trade route that connects Oregon and Washington across the Columbia River. Participants learned how long-term, multi-hazard planning is making the bridge safer and more climate-resilient while contributing to equitable outcomes across linked communities.
Speakers discussed how cross-sector partnerships are enabling this innovative transportation project with a myriad of benefits for both climate adaptation and mitigation, including:
- Increasing safety and mobility in a high-crash corridor to support active, low-carbon transportation options
- Planting street trees to reduce heat island effects and sequester carbon.
- Investment in a historically underserved area to support community engagement and cohesion.
View the recording here.
Download the presentation slides here.
Webinar 2: Global Adaptation Action: Breaking the Disaster Cycle: Building Equity Through Collaboration Before Crisis with ARISE-US
Leaders from across the globe spoke on the intersection of climate resilience and disaster risk reduction. We covered how cross-sector collaboration is building equity before climate-induced disasters strike and how we can move beyond collaboration to enter deep, convergent relationships with disaster-affected communities.
Camila Tapias (SPIN Global) and Antoine Richards (Institute for Diversity and Inclusion in Emergency Management) shared insights from their partnership to build the first equitable decision intelligence tool for emergency management. Participants heard about how they’re designing artificial intelligence to put affected communities first when prioritizing emergency management actions. Attendees learned how they’re disrupting disasters from neighborhoods to nations from North Carolina to Ireland and using the power of networks + AI to do more, faster, together.
Shefali Lakhina (Wonder Labs) and Ma. Laurice Jamero (Manila Observatory) shared novel entry points and methodological insights for translating research into just and equitable community-centered outcomes. Their work, which spans New South Wales, the Western U.S., and the Philippines, puts communities and an ethic of care at the center of disaster risk reduction and climate adaptation work. They discussed examples of co-learning disaster resilience with historically and socially marginalized people. Their work calls for moving beyond piecemeal collaboration to a convergent paradigm for centering lived experience in disaster risk reduction and climate resilience-building.
We are thrilled to have hosted this panel in partnership with ARISE-US and to be joined in conversation with Elisa Trujillo (ARISE-Mx). ARISE is elevating and transforming the role of the private sector in addressing climate-related disasters. Elisa shared connections across ARISE efforts in Mexico and illuminate how collaborations through ARISE, UNDRR, and the private sector are advancing and transforming the global disaster risk reduction agenda.
Thanks to UNDRR ARISE US for their collaboration and to Climate Resilience Consulting for their continued support and role in the production of this webinar.
About the Speakers
Antoine B. Richards - Chief of Staff, Institute for Diversity & Inclusion in Emergency Management Antoine’s experience includes over a decade of work in the healthcare and emergency management sectors. He is a Doctor of Science (DSc) Candidate in Emergency Management at Jacksonville State University where his research focuses on the intersection of public health and emergency management, social justice and community.
Camila Tapias - Global Disaster Resilience Specialist, SPIN Global and an Elected Member of the UNDRR ARISE US Board
Originally from Bogotá, Camila is a community leader focused on leveraging public-private partnerships, building national and international strategies to increase local capacity for disaster risk reduction, and prioritizing data and science to achieve more equitable outcomes in disaster preparedness.
Elisa Mariel Trujillo Leyva - National Director for ARISE Mx
A Mexican national, Elisa is an Architect specializing in urban transformation, disaster resilience and climate change, as well as their relationship with poverty eradication. Elisa has participated in different national and international networks related to sustainable development (ARISE Mx, CDRI, UNGC Mexico, RC Network, CBi, CMIC RSE, CDMX Resilience Council, among others).
Shefali Juneja Lakhina - Co-Founder at Wonder Labs
Shefali has a PhD in Human Geography combined with over 18 years of international experience and thought leadership on disaster policy, practice, and research. Since 2005, she has contributed to conceptualizing, implementing, facilitating, and monitoring a range of policies, programs, and initiatives for strengthening disaster resilience across South Asia, the Middle East, North Africa, South-East Europe, Australia, and the United States.
Ma. Laurice Jamero - Manilla Observatory and 2020-21 Asia Foundation Development Fellow Climate Resilience Researcher, Philippines
Ma. Laurice Jamero leads the Resilience Collaboratory at the Manila Observatory, where she works closely with local governments across the Philippines to support their climate and disaster risk management, and adaptation efforts. She is also a chapter scientist and contributing author of the Atlas Chapter of the 6th Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change – Working Group.
Webinar 3: Measuring Adaptation Progress: Understanding the Global Stocktake and the Global Goal on Adaptation
As part of our two-part arc on Global Adaptation Action, this webinar was an opportunity to support adaptation professionals preparing to follow or attend COP27. We focused on two international processes for measuring adaptation progress: the Global Stocktake and the Global Goal on Adaptation. We covered the mechanics, innovations, opportunities, and risks of these processes via perspectives from across the globe. Learn more about the speakers:
Brittany Croll is currently an Advisor to the NOAA Chief Scientist and also serves as a U.S. negotiator for science-related items under the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) and the Global Stocktake. Throughout her career, she has worked on a wide range of environmental policy issues including the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, addressing coastal wetland loss, capacity building, and increasing engagement with new partners including the private sector. Brittany has served on multiple U.S. delegations for the UNFCCC, Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, and World Meteorological Organization. She has a Bachelor's degree in Environmental Studies from Franklin and Marshall College, a Master's degree in Global Environmental Policy from American University, and a Master's degree from Johns Hopkins University in Energy Policy and Climate and National Security Studies.
Timo is a researcher and policy advisor on climate change adaptation and a Ph.D. candidate at the Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment at the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE). He is a renown expert on monitoring and evaluation of climate adaptation on which he has authored numerous journal article, guidebooks and training materials. Timo is a contributing author of the IPCC Sixth Assessment Report, Working Group II on Impacts, Adaptation and Vulnerability, and a lead author of UNEP’s annual Adaptation Gap Report. Prior to joining LSE, Timo worked at Germany’s international development agency (GIZ) including as head of support for adaptation to the Tanzanian government. Timo has been advising several government ministries on adaptation to climate change and has been observing the UN climate change negotiations since 2015.
2020-2021 Webinar Sessions
Webinar 1 : Reducing the risk of coastal flooding through redesigned storm standards, updated codes, and new infrastructure design
June 30, 2020
- Join ASAP and The American Society of Civil Engineers to hear how two coastal communities have leveraged sustained partnerships to understand their local flooding risk, pass forward looking building and zoning codes, and prioritize nature-based solutions to address those risks.
Speakers:
- Jennifer Jurado, Chief Resilience Officer and Director of the Environmental Planning and Community Resilience Division from Broward County, Fl
- Brian Batten, Senior Scientist with Dewberry
- C.J. Bodnar, Professional Engineer with the City of Virginia Beach;
- Beth Gibbons from ASAP
- Ruwanka Purasinghe from ASCE
View the recording here.
Webinar 2: Innovations in Adaptation Finance
August 25, 2020
Join adaptation and finance experts from Quantified Ventures , Climate Resilience Consulting , and re:focus partners as they share best practices and real life case studies that demonstrate how innovative finance tools like environmental impact bonds (QV), green banks (CRC) and public private partnerships (re:focus) are putting adaptation projects in the ground and making communities across the country more resilient in the face of climate change.
Panelists:
- Ben Cohen, Director of Urban and Coastal Resilience, Quantified Ventures
- Joyce Coffee, Founder & Principal, Climate Resilience Consulting
- Shaun O’Rourke, Chief Resilience Officer, Rhode Island Infrastructure Bank
- Shalini Vajjhala, Founder & CEO, re:focus Partners
- Beth Gibbons, Executive Director, American Society of Adaptation Professionals
View the recording here.
Webinar 3: Practicing Racial & Environmental Justice in Climate Change Adaptation
October 27, 2020
Join ASAP for this month’s session highlighting how adaptation professionals are integrating environmental justice, equity, and inclusion into their businesses, organizations, and personal adaptation practice. You will learn how to apply ASAP’s Justice, Equity, Diversity & Inclusion Statement and Commitments into your own work. This session represents a unique opportunity to connect with leaders in the adaptation profession, strengthen your personal practice and deepen your understanding of what concepts and practices of equity, inclusion, and the pursuit of justice mean in our shared work.
Panelists:
- Kim Lundgren, CEO, Kim Lundgren Associates
- Shameika Hanson, Community Protection Specialist, The Nature Conservancy
- Lil Milagro Henriquez, Founder & Executive Director, Mycelium Youth Network
- Jacqui Patterson, Director, NAACP Environmental and Climate Justice Program
View the recording here.
Webinar 4: Corporate Climate Leadership and the Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures (TCFD) Journey
December 15, 2020
Tune in to this installment of the Co-Creation Webinar series to learn about the climate adaptation and the TCFD journey of three leading companies: Microsoft, Northern Trust, and American Family. Each speaker shares how their company has come to play a leading role in their industry on climate resilience and what that has meant for their own career paths.
Speakers:
- Ken Sparkman, Climate Risk + Resilience Lead, Microsoft
- Jamie Jones Ezefili, Vice President, Senior Project Manager, Corporate Social Responsibility, Northern Trust
- Kris Canto, Enterprise Risk Management Senior Analyst, American Family Insurance
Observers: Dr. Paul Munday, Associate Director, Climate Adaptation and Resilience at S&P Global Ratings
Facilitator: Emily Wasley, Practice Leader, WSP’s Sustainability, Energy and Climate Change team and ASAP President-elect
View the recording here.
Download the presentation slides here.
Webinar 5: Bridging the Political Divide
March 1, 2021
Join ASAP and NEMAC + Fernleaf for a discussion on how to make adaptation projects and programs successful across diverse political contexts.
Speakers:
- Amanda Martin, Ph.D., Deputy Chief Resilience Officer at NC Office of Recovery and Resiliency
- Jeff Hicks, CEO of NEMAC+FernLeaf
- Jim Fox, Ph.D., Senior Resilience Associate at NEMAC+FernLeaf
- Aashka Patel, Resilience Specialist at NEMAC+Fernleaf
- Geoffrey Habron, Ph.D.
Professor of Sustainability Sciences
Furman University
- Mary Roderick, Ph.D., Regional Planner at Land of Sky Regional Planning Authority
Facilitator: Emily Wasley, Practice Leader, WSP’s Sustainability, Energy, and Climate Change team and ASAP President
Discussant: Beth Gibbons, Executive Director ASAP
View the recording here.
Download the presentation slides here.
Webinar 6: Visualizing Change
June 29, 2021
High quality data and well designed adaptation strategies can only get you so far. In order to bring people into climate planning processes with enthusiasm we need excellent communication tools. ASAP Members, Hazen and KLA are leaders in taking data and information and making highly effective platforms for inspiring community members to care about the changes that are with us and those that are coming.
Speakers:
- Charlie Jewell, Boston Water & Sewer Commission (BWSC)
- Karla Ebenbach, American Planning Association (APA) Sustainable Communities Division
- Benjamin Agrawal, Hazen & Sawyer
- Chris Wilson, Hazen & Sawyer
- Kim Lundgren, KLA Founder and President
Facilitator: Emily Wasley, Practice Leader, WSP’s Sustainability, Energy, and Climate Change team and ASAP President
Discussant: Beth Gibbons, Executive Director ASAP
View the recording here.
Download the presentation slides here.
Webinar 7: Standards and Tools for Resilient Buildings & Beyond
The seventh installment in ASAP’s Adaptation Co-Creation Webinar Series highlights certifying bodies, leading design firms, and data-integration companies that are helping builders, property owners, and developers to integrate climate risk and resilience into their projects and communities.
- USGBC Resilience & Equity Experts Katherine Hammock and Karema Seliem shared how climate resilience and social equity are part of its suite of resources including LEED and RELi.
- Perkins and Will Principal, Doug Pierce , shared how the USGBC standards are brought to life through a cutting edge project with a Houston Hospital leading to greater resilience of the facility and the surrounding communities.
- Risk Footprint CEO, Albert Slap shared the firm's experience bringing climate information into the hands of property owners.
Together, these examples told a story of how our evolving approach to building codes and standards can extend resilience benefits beyond a single building effort to whole community resilience.
View the recording here.
Download the presentation slides here.
Webinar 8: Designing Utilities of the Future
The eighth installment in ASAP’s Adaptation Co-Creation Webinar Series highlighted private service providers and their contribution through partnerships with a diversity of collaborators to advance the adaptation field and embody innovation and excellence in practice.
Presenters:
- Kavita Heyns, Portland Water Bureau, and the Chair of the Water Utility Climate Alliance
- Julie Vano , Research Director, Aspen Global Change Institute
- Emily Wasley , Practice Leader, WSP’s Sustainability, Energy and Climate Change team and President of ASAP’s Board of Directors
- Kari Davis , Technical Director, Alliance for Global Water Adaptation
Climate change poses a risk to water utilities’ business and service delivery. During the 8th Installation of the Co-Creation Series experts from Water Utility Climate Alliance (WUCA), Denver Water , WSP , Aspen Global Change Institute (AGCI), and Alliance for Global Water Adaptation (AGWA) shared the frameworks the water industry is using to assess risk, conduct resilience assessments, and plan for, implement, and monitor adaptation strategies.
Access the presenters' slides from this session here.
View recording of this webinar and all our Co-Creation Series Sessions on ASAP's YouTube Channel.