The fourth episode of SvN Speaks will welcome three guests hailing from San Francisco who all bring wide-ranging expertise in the critical role that landscapes play in climate resilience. Over the past three decades, San Francisco has turned to data, tools and innovative approaches to reduce its carbon footprint. The discussion will look at how enhancing the role that cities play as carbon sinks — both in their built form and natural landscapes — is an integral part of any strategy to achieve net zero targets.

In this episode, Lina Al-Dajani, Senior Associate, Planning & Urban Design at SvN, will host Lauren Dietrich Chavez, Project Manager, Recreation and Parks Department at the City & County of San Francisco, Spencer Potter, Natural Resources Regulatory Specialist, Recreation and Parks Department at the City & County of San Francisco, and Pamela Conrad, Principal, CMG Landscape Architecture and Founder of Climate Positive Design.

During their conversation, the group will explore San Francisco's data-driven approach to protecting and enhancing the landscape's role as a carbon sink and how to balance the competing demands on parks and natural landscapes in a climate resilience strategy. They will also discuss the role of different natural resources in sequestering carbon and what strategy and frameworks Toronto should consider implementing to enhance its capacity as a carbon sink.

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