3 Recommendations for Texas to be a Leader on Climate Change

Who is making the recommendations?

• regional director for The Nature Conservancy in Texas
• faculty member at the University of Texas at Austin’s Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Policy & the inaugural director of the LBJ Urban Lab

What are they recommending?

• more resilient infrastructure
  • greener Texas cities with climate-ready infrastructure
  • energy efficient economies
  •  “spongier” city landscapes to mimic natural ecosystems
    • installing cisterns
    • rain gardens
    • green roofs
    • planting “buffer strips” of vegetation in largely concrete areas

Benefits of these recommendations:

• improves biodiversity
• improves air quality
• strengthens mental and physical health
• helps manage urban heat

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