Kristin Tremain Davis Explains Employing Nature-Based Solutions to Strengthen Community Climate Resilience

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In this episode, Amanda Hsieh talks with Kristin Tremain Davis, who leads AECOM’s Nature-based Solutions Americas Practice. As an ESG leader, she works to integrate nature into climate change resiliency, sustainability, hazard mitigation, natural capital accounting, and ecosystem projects and programs. Kristin is a Climate Adaptation Ecologist and Project Manager with over 15 years of experience in these projects. Her primary work focuses on physical resiliency infrastructure projects and integrating Nature-based Solutions into project design. Kristin also serves as Technical Director of the AECOM Forests Program, working to develop natural climate solutions projects that offset emissions while restoring ecosystems.

Listen as Amanda and Kristin discuss how Nature-based Solutions help communities become more resilient to climate change. In short, Nature-based Solutions are actions that protect, sustainably manage, and restore ecosystems (natural or modified). Kristin covers a wealth of information, including the four pillars of Nature-based Solutions: climate vulnerability, physical resilience, natural capital accounting, and natural climate solutions.

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Episode Resource Links

AECOM-2022-ESG-Report: https://aecom.com/wp-content/uploads/documents/reports/AECOM-2022-ESG-Report.pdf

AECOM_Nature-Based Solutions Brochure: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1O2I19MhjbFWK2cpuI4a_73fXCX5NbQ8g/view?usp=sharing

Sustainable Legacies: https://publications.aecom.com/sustainable-legacies/services/Nature-based-solutions

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