The University of Miami's Climate Resilience Institute (CRI) and Battery Park City Authority are hosting a full day of Climate Week NYC programming at Wagner Park Pavilion featuring conversations, panels, and tours focused on climate adaptation and nature‑based resilience. Bringing together academic researchers, design professionals, and different organizations, our conversations highlight how public landscapes can act as climate infrastructure and how nature-based infrastructure supports community resilience in different cities. Throughout the day, we’ll look at work happening in New York City, Houston, and Miami, and how each place is using nature‑based approaches at different scales. The day wraps up with site tours of Battery Park City’s resilience projects and the Sarah Cameron Sunde exhibit.

​9:00-10:00 - Welcome Breakfast

​Registration + Breakfast

• ​Sarah Cameron Sunde exhibit activity

​10:00-11:30 - Session 1: From Research to Resilience

​An interactive conversation among academic researchers and adaptation/design professionals to discuss adaptation strategies that are working, and how we move from knowledge to implementation.

​Microtalk Participants:

• ​Meenakshi Chabba, Everglades Foundation

• ​Thad Pawlowski, Columbia University

• ​Lily Wong, University of Miami

• ​More TBA

​11:30-1:00 - Session 2: Built for Resilience: Hybrid Approaches for Nature-Based Infrastructure Development

​How can public landscape function as climate infrastructure? This session will explore how nature-based infrastructure supports community resilience in three geographies at three different scales:

• ​New York City

• ​Houston

• ​Miami

​Bring your suggestions to the conversation!

​1:00-2:00 - Lunch

​2:00-3:30 - Session 3: From Pilot Projects to Resilient Regions: Scaling  Nature-Based Solutions

​What will it take to mainstream nature-based solutions at scale in our cities and communities? This session moves the conversation from “interesting projects” to “system-wide design and adoption.”

​Moderated Panel Discussion

• ​Joe Marrone, Arcadis

• ​Shari Hyman, Turner Construction

• ​Nate Grove, NYC DPR

• ​Victoria Cerrulo, NYC Climate Exchange

​Breakout Sessions

• ​Post-disaster recovery

• ​Finance

• ​Planning and design

• ​Governance

​4:00-5:00 - Resilience Happy Hour hosted by University of Miami's Center for Urban and Community Design

​Site Tours:

• ​Battery Park City Resilience

• ​Sarah Cameron Sunde Exhibit Tour