The Pro-Homes Pro-Climate Agenda: Building the narrative for a dual win

As local leaders work to build and preserve homes at the speed and scale communities need, a false narrative has taken hold: that housing production and climate goals are at odds - and that climate action must be rolled back to make room for affordability. The evidence tells a different story. The same strategies that deliver housing affordability at scale - building the right homes, in the right places, the right way - can also drive gigaton-scale emissions reductions and strengthen resilience. We invite you to join a high-level working session “The Pro-Homes Pro-Climate Agenda: building the narrative for a dual win” bringing together city leaders, housing experts, and practitioners to: Explore evidence based strategies aligning housing and climate policies that lower housing, transportation, and energy costs, strengthen resilience and insurability, improve city fiscal health, and reduce emissions all at once based on two new reports - Where Housing Meets Climate from C40 and Ramboll and Solving the Housing Shortage is a Force Multiplier from the Housing Multiplier Project. Through moderated round table discussions, strengthen participants’ storytelling and case making around the pro-housing, pro-climate agenda -including measures like increased density and efficiency that often face political resistance. Build connections and coalitions with others working on housing as a climate solution at the city level. Confirmed speakers: Mayor Lock Dawson, City of Riverside (CA) Mar Jiménez, Commissioner for European Affairs, Barcelona City Council Kate Johnson, Director, North America, C40 Cities Hélène Chartier, Senior Director Climate Solutions & Networks and Director of Urban Planning and Design, C40 Cities Lotte Schlegel, Director of Engagement - Housing Multiplier Project Jamal Raad, Welcoming Neighbors Network