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📅 April 19–27, 2025 | 📍 San Francisco, CA

Blue Forest’s Role
As a leader in conservation finance and wildfire resilience, Blue Forest is participating in key discussions on how financial models can drive proactive climate solutions. Our team will share insights on:

• Scaling investment in wildfire resilience and landscape restoration
• Bridging public and private capital for climate adaptation
• The evolving role of finance in conservation and ecosystem management
• The connection between forest health, biomass, and carbon markets

Where to Find Us

• How Forestry Innovation is Reducing Wildfire Risk
  📅 Monday April 21st, 2025, 2:50-3:50pm | 📍 Bay Area Council (HQed on the permanently-moored Klamath Ferry boat)
  Blue Forest CEO Zach Knight will join Anukool Lakhina (CEO of BurnBot), Kyra Peyton, (Senior Innovation Manager, CSAA Insurance Group, a AAA Insurer), and Temra Costa (Executive Director, Regenerative Forest Solutions), for a discussion moderated by David Weiss of Reed Smith LLP. This panel is part of “Climate on the Klamath,” a full day of panels and presentations featuring some of the most innovative thinkers and projects in climate policy. The panel will be followed by panels on drought resilience and sea level rise adaptation, culminating in an early-evening reception.
  🎟️: RSVP here
• Catalyzing Resiliency: Connecting Climate Capital
  📅 Monday April 21st, 2025, 4:30 – 7:30pm | 📍San Francisco Brewing Co.
  Join The Resiliency Company, Blue Forest, and Vibrant Data Labs for an evening of connection bringing together professionals interested in financing resilience and adaptation solutions. Whether you’re interested in conservation, finance, data innovation, community development, or anything in between, this is the space for you!
  🎟️: RSVP here
• Carbon finance for wildfire resilience and forest restoration: An interactive session for carbon project developers, brokers, and buyers
  📅 Tuesday April 22nd, 2025, 1-3pm | 📍972 Mission Street, Suite 200, San Francisco, CA 94103
  A conversation on emerging carbon finance opportunities that can support forest restoration. This session will explore how to quantify and value the carbon benefits of two key strategies: avoided emissions from reduced wildfire severity and biomass utilization for durable carbon storage, with insights from Blue Forest, PG&E, American Forest Foundation, Earth Foundries, Charr, Anew, and Vibrant Planet.
  🎟️: RSVP here
• Protecting Forests & Scaling Climate Impact
  📅 Wednesday April 23rd, 2025, 5-7pm | 📍 Charm Industrial Headquarters, SF
  A discussion on forest health and biomass-based carbon dioxide removal (CDR). The panel will dive into how carbon markets and innovative financing can help close California’s billion-dollar forest management gap while durably storing carbon dioxide. Featuring experts from Blue Forest, Charm Industrial, Wren, Cal Fire, and Graphyte.
  🎟️: RSVP here

Why These Conversations Matter
Extreme weather patterns are accelerating, and so are the associated financial, ecological, and economic risks. While investment in resilience is growing, funding delays and fragmented approaches continue to stall critical work. At SF Climate Week, we’ll highlight how conservation finance models like the Forest Resilience Bond are helping to bridge funding gaps and scale solutions.

Stay Connected
Interested in connecting with our team during the week? Reach out to connect@blueforest.org or leave us a voicemail at 916-234-3690.