KANSAS CITY, Mo. — 600 participants from around the Kansas City region helped brainstorm green infrastructure goals for the next 10, 20 and 30 years at the 2023 Climate Summit as Kansas City aims to reach net zero by 2050.
2023 KC Regional Climate Action Summit is kicking off at UMKC this morning. @ClimateActionKC leaders Hillary Parker Thomas & Jeremy Knoll say their is historic federal funding opportunities to help build a more resilient KC Region. pic.twitter.com/6f8jOIlFqb
— ☀️ Cassie Wilson (@CassieKSHB) September 9, 2023
10 counties in Missouri and Kansas that include 19 communities in the region – representing 83% of the metropolitan population – have taken supporting actions regarding the plan to become carbon neutral by 2050.
The goal of the summit was to brainstorm ideas and create collaborative projects that utilize the billions of government dollars that are being funneled down for resiliency-related projects.
The government funding for climate projects is considered a once-in-a-generation opportunity for green infrastructure planning, and stakeholders in Kansas City are working to acquire as much of that green as they can in order to go green.
There are billions of government dollars available for climate change projects. @ShaliniVajjhala says this is a once in a generation opportunity & she’s become a huge fan of Kansas City because of the tremendous possibilities here. “We are talking about city wide transformation” pic.twitter.com/ykbs3rKKR9
— ☀️ Cassie Wilson (@CassieKSHB) September 9, 2023
