Building a Climate Smart Economy

The Catalyst Climate Funders Collaborative invites all climate, economic development, policy, and advocacy funders to join CA FWD and Resources Legacy Fund for a conversation about how we can reimagine climate leadership through economic prosperity.

In this webinar, we will explore what is needed for an economy-wide transition that drives sustainable and inclusive economic growth, cuts daily costs, and creates businesses in every region.

California has an opportunity to step forward as a model for climate action, as the architect of a new climate-smart economy. A climate-smart economy is one that delivers a broadly-shared prosperity, economic resilience, and local community benefits. Where climate policy solutions are fundamentally aligned with the global scale of the climate crisis —not merely delivering greenhouse gas emissions reductions within the state.

The conversation will also explore opportunities for an 18-month effort, through the inauguration of the next California governor in 2027, to grow and align a broad coalition around key principles and goals fundamental to delivering a climate-smart economy. This will include a detailed and implementable policy playbook focused on both near-and longer-term opportunities.

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To help ground the conversation, participants are encouraged to review the following materials in advance:

California Climate-Smart Economy Initiative

Reimagining Climate Leadership Through Economic Prosperity

About the Climate Funder Collaborative Series

The Climate Funders Collaborative supports funder learning and collaboration to promote healthy, equitable, and sustainable communities in the Baja, Imperial and San Diego Region. The Climate Funders Collaborative focuses on building funder knowledge in a supportive, interactive, and generative environment to collectively learn and enable action on critical climate-related issues.

The Climate Funders Collaborative is open to all funders currently supporting efforts to build healthy, equitable, and sustainable in the region.

Target Audience

This event is open to funders only. If you are interested in Catalyst membership, please contact Melissa Leon.

Catalyst is committed to making our events accessible to everyone. Please let us know how we can help you fully participate by contacting Michele Silverthorn. 

Speakers

• Matt Armsby | Executive VP, Resources Legacy Fund
• Nuin-Tara Key | COO, CA FWD